Who are Taiwans people?
Most of people(nearly 70%) who now live on the island are descended form immigrants from China’s Fukien Province, and are called Hoklo. About 10-15% of the population has roots in Kwangtung Province, and are called Hakka. Another 12-15% are more recent refugees form China and their Taiwan-born families. They came form various Chinese provinces and ethnic groups, and fled to Taiwan when the Communists took over the mainland. The remaining two percent come from nine non-Chinese Aborigine tribes, which occupied Taiwan before the first Chinese settlers arrived. Many Hoklo and Hakka have some Aborigine blood. Excluding the China-born inhabitants, all of these people can be called Taiwanese, although the word is also sometimes used to refer to the Hoklo people alone.
