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Youth in Taiwan embrace Taiwanese language and independent mind-set

Cross-strait ties hit snag after historic 2015 summit with China's leader

Fans sing "Island Sunrise" at a concert in the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung by the popular rock band Fire EX. (Photo by Kensaku Ihara)

TAIPEI -- At a recent concert in the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung by the popular rock band Fire EX, hundreds of fans sang along with the group, "Dawn is about to break, and we are no longer afraid."

The song -- titled "Island Sunrise" -- was written in Taiwanese, a language once widely spoken on the island before Mandarin Chinese became the dominant tongue.

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