Summary
- Well-respected Hakka leader and physician Tseng Kuei-hai passed away
- Tseng made significant contributions to literature in Mandarin, Hakka, and Taiwan Taiwanese
- Tseng’s idea of using the term “Taiwan Taiwanese” for the official name of the language was accepted by the Executive Yuan in August 2022
- This change reflects efforts to emphasize the Taiwanese identity of various languages spoken in Taiwan
