Take for example the use of the term "armistice" to describe the end of the fighting. Yang Chang-chen, director of the Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Department of the Democratic Progressive Party, argues, "Even if the term 'armistice' is a Japanese convention, it is a neutral term that does not concern itself with who won or lost.
「終戰，儘管是日本人的用語，但這一個名詞中立，無關乎勝敗，因為從人類的角度來看，戰爭哪有勝利者？」選擇使用「終戰」的民進黨族群事務部主任楊長鎮表示。