While any Taiwanese will be quick to remind a foreigner of the significant political differences with China, it probably has much more to do with the so called White Terror era :
After the transition to democracy, the Taiwanese of the last few decades recoil from anything that even slightly reminds them of that violent oppression in their recent past.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Terror_(Taiwan)
After the transition to democracy, the Taiwanese of the last few decades recoil from anything that even slightly reminds them of that violent oppression in their recent past.