Original sentence: A centrally controlled curriculum would help forge a unified nationalistic sentiment for these people and their children.As KMT's Taiwan Garrison Commander Chen Yi stated, the intention was "making Taiwanese customs, thought, and language gradually return to that of Chinese people".Education would help build a martial spirit, inculcate the idea of Taiwan as an "island bastion," and stimulate enough military, economic, political, and cultural strength not only to survive, but also to recover the mainland.Finally, there was the immediate threat of an invasion from the mainland.First, it was done to help root out fifty years of Japanese colonial influence on the island's populace: "resinicizing" Taiwan's residents.Second, the million mainlanders or so who had fled to Taiwan themselves had the age-old tendency of being more loyal to city, county, or province than to China as a nation.The government initiated educational reform in the 1950s to achieve a number of high-priority goals.They identified themselves as Hunanese, Cantonese, or Sichuanese first, and as Chinese second
Edited sentence: For that reason the KMT attempted to "resinicize" Taiwan's inhabitants, as KMT's Taiwan Garrison Commander Chen Yi stated, the intention was "making Taiwanese customs, thought, and language gradually return to that of Chinese people"