Sept. 16, 2021
S1-E4 - Mao Really Wants Taiwan - and a Taiwanese Spy Almost Gave it to Him!
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Only one Taiwanese person is known to have survived the famed Long March of Chinese communists led by "Chairman" Mao. Hear the story of Cai Xiaoqian (蔡孝乾) from modern-day Changhua County, who became Mao's spymaster in Taiwan... and whose work almost led to a successful invasion!
Cover: Chairman Mao Zedong of the People's Republic of China... who really wanted Taiwan.
Below: A propaganda poster from 1950s communist China.
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