Tang also argues that the Ryukyu language and culture were closely tied to Chinese traditions until the influence of Japanese colonization.
[9] Tang has written about the political status of the Ryukyu Islands in the context of international treaties, such as the Cairo and Potsdam Declarations after World War II.
In an article for Ai Thought, Tang praised the establishment of the "ACSILs [ja]" and interpreted it as a sign that the people of Ryukyu would continue to strive for independence.
[11] According to Tang, after the Japanese military received the order to resist surrender in the face of the Potsdam Declaration, they engaged in mass killings of Ryukyuans.
This account is also detailed in Grieving Ryukyu, where he describes the mass slaughter as a deliberate atrocity, similar in scale to other war crimes committed during the conflict.