Pingpu Legal Recognition Progress Sparks Debate Among Indigenous Groups

Taiwan's Pingpu peoples, plains Indigenous groups who have assimilated into the mainstream Han Chinese culture and are not officially recognized, may now apply to be identified as Indigenous under a new status law. While it is a huge leap in Pingpu recognition, many fear that it would deepen the divide between them and the 16 recognized Indigenous groups. Other groups also say the already scarce resources for them cannot stretch any further to include the Pingpu peoples’ needs.