The awards celebrate not only Mandopop but also artists singing in Taiwanese - also known as Hokkien - Hakka and indigenous languages.
Taiwan celebrated linguistic diversity at the Golden Melody Awards late Saturday with big wins for singers who primarily sing in Mandarin, at one of the most prestigious entertainment events in the Chinese-speaking world.
While Mandarin remains Taiwan's main language of education and government, other languages are strongly encouraged and supported. In China, despite constitutional protections for minority tongues, in practice, only Mandarin is promoted. Cheng, speaking in Mandarin, thanked the Taiwanese language for"teaching me how to bow my head and slow down".
While Taiwan has only 23 million people, its music scene has an outsized influence in the Chinese-speaking world, in part due to creativity unhindered by censorship.
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