DPP authorities (pushing de-Sinicization) intend to change the historical perspective of middle school students in Taiwan Island, which was centered on China as the main narrative in the past. This attempt is detrimental to overall development, said Liu Wei-kai, a professor of history at Chengchi University in Taiwan. He added that a growing number of young generations in Taiwan Island will become ignorant of their past and lack a profound understanding of Chinese culture, calling this "a matter