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Category: Taiwan

Taiwan

The American Geographical Society’s Taiwan

Posted on July 18, 2020 by K. M. Lawson / 5 Comments

For over a decade, beginning around 1955, and then again during a short 1990s revival, the American Geographical Society (AGS) published a large series of color...

Japan/Taiwan/Textbooks

A Child’s Guide to Japanese Empire

Posted on June 7, 2020 by K. M. Lawson / 4 Comments

I recently had the pleasure of browsing the 1936 edition of a most interesting children’s almanac or encyclopedia called the Gakuyū Nenkan (学友年鑑 School fr...

Religion/Taiwan

Do you want some pictures of Chiang Ching-kuo’s funeral?

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Alan Baumler / 0 Comment

Of course you do. Assuming you are interested in either the history of Christianity in Taiwan or funeral customs or.. well… China. More here.

China/English/Food/Taiwan/Web Sites and Resources

I made tea eggs today

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Alan Baumler / 0 Comment

Apparently this makes me both a multi-millionaire and part of cross-straits relations. I have not kept up as much as I should with the current Taiwan protests, ...

1911/China/Public History/Taiwan

1911 in 2013

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Alan Baumler / 0 Comment

I was going to do a post on how the Chinese world is remembering 1911, the overthrow of the Qing, and founding of the Chinese Republic. The answer seems to be t...

China/China-Japan/English/Taiwan

From Hirohito to Chiang Kai-shek

Posted on June 23, 2011 by sayaka / 4 Comments

I posted this on Frog in a Well Japan. — Earlier this month, I met a descendent of the Taiwanese aboriginal group, Sysiyat tribe (賽夏族), and his wife. The ...

Articles/China/Civil War/English/General/Maoist era (1949-1976)/Taiwan

Revising history: Brief notes

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Jonathan Dresner / 0 Comment

Quick hits: It’s one of the most difficult periods of modern history to teach, and I love using primary sources for the tough times, so I’m always g...

China/Taiwan

Chin music

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Alan Baumler / 0 Comment

Today is Opening Day, and the Cubs are in first place, so all is well with the world. I just got a copy of Yu Junwei’s Playing in Isolation: A History of ...

China/China-U.S./Classics/Current Events/English/Foreign Views/Historiography/Taiwan

Lies, Damn Lies, and Chinese “Lies That Bind”

Posted on August 28, 2008 by C. W. Hayford / 8 Comments

Do Chinese lie? The Western media have jumped on recent revelations about doctoring the Olympic opening ceremonies and allegations about false ages of their gym...

Archives/China/English/Newspapers/Taiwan/Web Sites and Resources

舊版報紙資訊網: Initial Thoughts and Technical Review

Posted on August 13, 2008 by K. M. Lawson / 3 Comments

I have been spending a few days looking at one of the important early postwar newspapers in Taiwan, 臺灣新生報, using the microfilm collection on the 6th floor Taiwa...

China/English/Libraries/Taiwan

National Taiwan University Library

Posted on August 10, 2008 by K. M. Lawson / 3 Comments

I’ve started an entry for the NTU Library at the EALA wiki. Besides the fact that this is a wonderful library by any international standard, I’m rea...

China/Republican/Taiwan

Corruption and the Use of Technical Experts in Taiwan 1946

Posted on July 27, 2008 by K. M. Lawson / 2 Comments

Corruption was one of the biggest target of complaints by supporters and sworn enemies of the Chinese republic in wartime and early postwar China. This was also...

China/English/Ethnic Minorities/Taiwan

If you prick Taiwanese savages, do they not bleed?

Posted on June 8, 2008 by K. M. Lawson / 3 Comments

I want to share just one more short passage from Small Sea Travel Diaries, the English translation of Yu Yonghe’s journal and essays from his trip to Taiw...

Books/China/English/Taiwan

Chinese Description of Dutch Suicide Tactics

Posted on June 8, 2008 by K. M. Lawson / 1 Comment

Another quick quote from Small Sea Travel Diaries, the English translation of Yu Yonghe’s journal and essays from his trip to Taiwan in the 17th century b...

Books/China/English/Taiwan

A Moment of Humility

Posted on June 8, 2008 by K. M. Lawson / 0 Comment

I just finished reading Small Sea Travel Diaries which is an English translation of Yu Yonghe’s journal and essays from his trip to Taiwan in the 17th cen...

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