Original sentence: 98% of Taiwanese are of Han descent.Approximately two-thirds of those are descendants of early immigrants (70% of ethnic Hoklo and 15% of ethnic Hakka) from the adjacent Fujian (Hokkien) and Guangdong (Canton) province who crossed the Taiwan Strait who to work for the Dutch during the 17th century.Both Hakka and Hoklo speakers regard themselves as 'native' Taiwanese (本省人 Běnshěngrén; literally "home-province person") and have consider the Chinese immigrants displaced from their homes in China during the Chinese Civil War as 'Mainlanders' (外省人 Wàishěngrén; literally "external-province person").Many settlers intermarried with Plains Aborigines.Similar usage is common throughout "Greater China" where people from Hong Kong identify themselves as "Hong Konger" (香港人 Heung-gong-yahn), and those from the Manchurian areas as "Northeasterner" (東北人 Dōngběirén).There is some tension between the "Taiwanese" and "Mainlander" groups in Taiwan, with the former slightly more supportive of full independence, while the latter are somewhat more supportive of some form of unification with mainland China
Edited sentence: A large number of settlers intermarried with Plains Aborigines.Both Hakka and Hoklo speakers regard themselves as native Taiwanese (本省人 Běnshěngrén; literally "home-province person") and have historically considered the more recent Chinese immigrants that were displaced from their homes in China during the Chinese Civil War as Mainlanders (外省人 Wàishěngrén; literally "external-province person").Of the 98% of the people identified as Han, approximately two-thirds are descendants of early immigrants (70% of ethnic Hoklo and 15% of ethnic Hakka) from the adjacent Fujian (Hokkien) and Guangdong (Canton) province who crossed the Taiwan Strait who began arriving during the Dutch period in the 17th Century