Japanese Dogs Versus Chinese Pigs

The Nationalists were described as "pigs" by Taiwanese when the former relocated to Taiwan in the aftermath of the Chinese civil war.

That was because they had brought about inflation, unemployment, food and housing shortages, as well as the deterioration of public health. The new rulers also claimed that Japanese colonialism had weakened Taiwan's roots in Chinese culture, and that strong action was necessary to restore them and to free the islanders from their "slavery".

These moves, unsurprisingly, led to resentment on the part of Taiwanese, who summed up the situation by nothing that "the dogs (the Japanese) had left, but the pigs (mainland Chinese) had come."

As Richard C. Bush commented, "dogs, since they did protect property, were ranked more highly."

Really? Some Chinese would beg to differ as almost every part of the pig's body could be turned into a delicacy, but not that of a dog's.

Surely Bush had heard of stir-fried pig's intestines, pig's liver cooked with sliced ginger, as well as braised pig's trotters, among countless other pig-related dishes/delicacies?