"Today someone wrote to the president's office that I should use a Chinese name instead of Kolas, which is indigenous. Reminds me of when I wrote the Indigenous Languages Act in 2017 and the Chinese press called me a separatist. They'll have to get used to it, Taiwan isn't China."
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Kolas Yotaka (2020) cited in "Taiwan's presidential spokesperson will continue using indigenous name" on Taiwan News, 30 May 2020.
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