台灣與中國民主運動 ─一個台灣活動家的視角

Taiwan and the Chinese Democracy Movement: A Taiwanese Activist’s Perspective

台灣民族主義是台灣民主化的重要政治動力，這意味著反對中華民族主義和大漢族主義。中國民主運動則在價值上無法迴避民族自決的問題。台灣民族主義曾經困惑於中國海外民主運動和中國國民黨的關係，但台灣的民主化，使他們願意從普世價值的立場支持中國民主化，也希望透過合作與互動，幫助中國民主運動重新認識台灣。中國海外民主運動也在與台灣的接觸中，學習到尊重多元文化主義，從而反省他們面對中國少數民族自由運動的立場和政治主張。本文將從作者的親身經歷與近身觀察，探討台灣在民主化的過程中，台灣海外民主運動與中國海外民主運動的互動，如何進一步為台灣民主運動和台灣獨立運動與中國民主運動的關係重新定位，進而為日後台灣和中國的關係創造新的想像。

Taiwanese nationalism is one of important political dynamics for the democratization of Taiwan, which means opposing Chinese nationalism and Han chauvinism. The Chinese democracy movement cannot avoid the issue of national self-determination in terms of value. Taiwanese nationalism used to be puzzled by the relationship between the Overseas Chinese Democracy Movement and the Kuomintang, but Taiwan’s democratization has made them willing to support China’s democratization from the standpoint of universal values. They also hope that through cooperation and interaction, they can help the Chinese democratic movement to rediscover Taiwan. The Overseas Chinese Democracy Movement has also learned to respect multiculturalism in its contact with Taiwan, so as to reflect on their position and political propositions in the face of Chinese national minorities’ freedom movement. From the author’s personal experience and close observations, this article discusses the interaction between the overseas Taiwanese democracy movement and the Overseas Chinese Democracy Movement in the process of democratization in Taiwan, and how to further re-shape the relationship between the Taiwan’s democracy movement and the Taiwan independence movement and the Chinese democracy movement, then create a new imagination for the relationship between Taiwan and China in the future.