Taiwan Number One

Taiwan Number One ("TAIWAN #1", Chinese: 台灣No.1), a slogan coined thought to be coined by American gamer Angrypug was truly started by a streamer named "DMradio1" as a way to mock "The Red Army". This angered Chinese people while playing H1Z1^[a] before the split of the game into 2 versions in 2015. This has since become a buzzword in online culture about Cross-strait relations.

Origin

H1Z1 was released on Steam's early access program on January 15, 2015. However, the game company did not provide dedicated servers for players from Asian countries such as China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, causing a large number of players from these countries to join the servers in the United States, Europe, and Australia. This led to enmity between mainland China and Taiwan players being observed by Western gamers on the same server.^[1]

On October 18, 2015, American video game streamer Angrypug deliberately played the National Anthem of the Republic of China and displayed the Flag of the Republic of China while shouting "Taiwan Number One" during an H1Z1 game on a Twitch broadcast, prompting mainland Chinese gamers to shout "Fuck" and "Fuck your mom" in both English and Chinese language.

In the summer of 2017, the game was officially banned from being streamed on all major platforms under the jurisdiction of mainland China.^[2]

Subsequent uses

On January 26, 2016, American streamer curvyllama played H1Z1 on a Twitch broadcast; after she had killed an opponent, the opponent cursed "Fuck your mom" in Mandarin Chinese and curvyllama, realizing that the opponent was a mainland Chinese player, fired back with "Taiwan Number One".^[3]

In August 2017, Taiwan won 26 gold, 34 silver and 30 bronze medals at the 2017 Summer Universiade. Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen shouted "台灣No.1！" (i.e. "Taiwan No. 1!") to praise the performances of national players such as badminton queen Tai Tzu-ying, who was ranked No. 1 in the world at the time.^[4]^[5]

Notes

^ At the time of the meme's origin in 2015, the game was simply named H1Z1. Following a split into two versions, the Battle Royale mode officially launched out of Early Access in 2018 before being rebranded as Z1 Battle Royale in 2019.

References

^ newbloomeditor (2015-12-11). ""Taiwan No. 1" Becomes a Symbol of National Pride for Taiwan Gamers". New Bloom Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
^ 不想再聽到「台灣NO.1」？中國禁止直播H1Z1 Archived 2018-12-16 at the Wayback Machine, Liberty Times, 2017-08-24
^ "台湾NO.1 再一发！放国歌和国旗让大陆玩家又崩溃了". 2015-11-25. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
^ 總統：台灣No.1！一起參與831台灣英雄大遊行 Archived 2017-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, Newtalk News, 2017.08.30
^ 為選手喝采小英：小戴太帥、台灣No.1！ Archived 2018-11-28 at the Wayback Machine, Liberty Times, 2017-08-30

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Taiwan Number One

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