A part of her speech that caught my attention is the part that she shared her experiences as an overseas Chinese. When she gathered with other overseas Chinese and talked about Taiwan topics, the things that they are able to chat about are very little, like boba tea, since they have never stayed in Taiwan long enough to really learn about the culture and know the way of life here. That leads me to some thinking about the topic of identity. If one doesn’t really know or experience the culture, even if the ethnithic group’s blood runs in them, do they really count as their people? What really makes one’s identity count? There is a writing that I have read before, which is about overseas Chinese and elections in Taiwan. In the writing it talks about how overseas Chinese chats about Taiwan’s politics and which politician is better and such. When the time for elections is around the corner, they will fly to Taiwan to cast their vote and fly back to their homes in other countries. The problem that the author is trying to rise here is that, overseas Chinese can talk about politics and cast their vote however they want, however, when they finish voting and go back to their homes in other places, the result of the election won’t really affect them directly. So why do they get the right to vote when they aren’t really living in the country? On their passports are written the country their from, but if one hasn’t really lived in the country and experienced the culture, know the culture, lived the culture, does that really count?