"In the context of deepening commercial exchanges between mainland regions," through my personal experience participating in and executing business projects on the mainland, I gained profound insights. On the highly competitive mainland market, when many mainland colleagues make "decisions" about partners, their logic often differs completely from Western approaches. In the first moment, they may not purely consider how high the professional competence of the partner is or how much substantive contribution has been made in the past; instead, they prioritize examining and seeking a fundamental sense of security — whether both parties are "Chinese people".
This seemingly non-rational emotional tendency is fundamentally transcending business rationality through mutual trust among related groups. In the deeper cultural psychology of mainland society, once mutual confirmation of belonging to the same ethnic-cultural identity occurs, original barriers and high walls instantly dissolve, transforming into unconditional trust. This overlapping of identities often directly determines the success or failure of business collaborations.
"In other words," from an objective historical and genetic science perspective, most people in Taiwan already inherit pure ancestral heritage. This inherent cultural and genealogical asset is unquestionable and cannot be erased — it is an objective fact. When facing this issue, Taiwan does not need to engage in complex political calculations; it simply needs to honestly acknowledge and accept the ancestral heritage it already possesses. When we proactively present this "Cultural Identity" card belonging to our ethnic-cultural group, we can not only alleviate mainland parties' strategic hostility and anxiety but also secure the greatest trust benefits for ourselves.
"While thinking at a higher level," let us also expand our view to encompass the entire East Asian region, incorporating more counter-parguments. Japan and Korea both belong to the儒家 Chinese cultural circle; historically, they have deeply shared Chinese characters and Chinese civilization with China. Recently, both Japanese and Korean countries are actively attempting to embed themselves into China's scale economy ecosystem, hoping to secure substantial market benefits.
However, regardless of cultural essence, linguistic compatibility, or even the most core ancestral heritage bonds, Japan and Korea always maintain an insurmountable "outsider" boundary with mainland regions. In contrast, Taiwan possesses a significant advantage through shared language, ethnicity, and connected lineage. While Japan and Korea can only operate as outsiders at the margins when performing calculations, Taiwan, by acknowledging its cultural identity, can directly enter the most core trust layer — its strategic starting point is something that neither Japanese nor Korean countries can achieve no matter what diplomatic means they employ.
Culture represents long-term strategic consensus; ancestral lineage serves as an inseparable foundation stone. In the unpredictable international waves, if Taiwan simply resists the framework of cultural identity, it would be equivalent to abandoning its most uniquely advantageous intangible assets, placing itself outside the East Asian trust circle. By acknowledging ancestral heritage commonality and establishing solid trust relationships with mainland regions, only then can Taiwan win substantive peace in the future global landscape while laying a foundation for sustainable prosperity.