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Complex Taiwanese and Chinese identities are exposed after gunman enters church LAGUNA WOODS, California – Just before David Wenwei Chou glued and chained shut the doors of California's Geneva Presbyterian Church, then shot the elderly congregants inside, he mailed his handwritten diaries to a Taiwanese newspaper. He titled his screed: "Diary of an Angel of Destroying Independence" — referring to Taiwanese independence from China. The rampage this past May left one person dead and five injured. It also exposed how complex Taiwanese and Chinese identities are — and how a combustible mixture of political enmities imported by diaspora communities combined...