Abstract
Nationality and citizenship are, among other things, the most visible infrastructure of modern Nation-States. The consciousness and regulations of which are based upon elements with sophisticated metaphors, such as national mythology or epics, blood, manipulated history and common fate, citizen status, and the formation and subsequent transformation of which are usually through the constant discourse among citizens in the public forum. With the process the legitimacy of nationality and citizenship is retained and sustained on the basis of constructive nationalism. For decades Taiwanese were deprived of the chance to formulate their own consciousness and regulations over nationality and citizenship due to the constant hand-over of their national sovereignty among hegemonies. The consequence proved to be severe even after the incidental break-down of totalitarian regime contemplating current chaotic constructions of the idea of nationality, which is further undermined by the constant struggle among ethnic groups over the State power outrageously supported by the government. A reconstruction and reinterpretation of nationality and its essential elements is of imminent necessity while a total acquisition of State authority by the semi-civil society of Taiwan would be achieved with the drafting of the Island's new Constitution. This article is therefore intending to provide an overview towards the consciousness of nationality and allegiance by way of comparing the related Canadian and European context, together with the Quebec issues as a current example, so to serve as a partial basis for the coming public debate over these issues.