Sept. 25, 2021
S1-E5 - Rioters Ransack the Taipei U.S. Embassy (1957)
A U.S. officer shoots dead a 'Peeping Tom' allegedly spying on the officer's wife as she took a shower. The subsequent trial and verdict lead to the incredible -- yet little-known -- story of riots that ransacked the US embassy in downtown Taipei... in 1957! --When the ROC and the USA were supposed to be best buddies.
Cover image: Rioters ransack the U.S. Embassy in Taipei in 1957 (pic via THINK CHINA)
Below: The U.S. carrier USS Lexington (top) with a supply ship and USS Marshall (bottom) off Taiwan during the Second Taiwan Crisis in 1958.
(Image via Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain)
