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TAIWAN HISTORY - Formosa Files Episodes

March 7, 2024

S4 - A Formosa Files INTERVIEW: CNN China Legend Mike Chinoy

In the summer of 1973, a young Mike Chinoy finagled his way onto one of the earliest trips of civilian Americans to “Red China.” He would later become CNN’s China correspondent – moving to the PRC in 1987 – and became famous…
Dec. 28, 2023

A Formosa Files INTERVIEW: Making History in Space, Taiwan Uni Team Puts Nanosatellites into Orbit - With Angel Menéndez

National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) PhD candidate Angel B. Menéndez came to Taiwan from his native Guatemala on a full scholarship provided by the Taiwan government. For Taiwan, this was a wise financial choice as Menéndez…
Dec. 11, 2023

Bonus Episode: SAVE THE BIRDS! ~ The origin story of the Kaohsiung Wild Bird Society

Frank C. Chen was the mayor of Kaohsiung from 1960 to 1968. The foundation that bears his name is the reason we have Formosa Files. Paul Chen is one of Frank Chen's sons (b. 1944), and in 1979, he established the Kaohsiung W…