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FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-BONUS episode: Martial Arts Legend Hong Yixiang 洪懿祥 John talks with Chris Bates about one of Taiwan’s greatest ever martial artists, Hong Yixiang 洪懿祥 (1925–1993). He was Taiwan’s foremost master of the Chinese internal martial arts (which consist of baguazhang 八卦掌, xingyiquan 形意拳 and taijiquan 太極拳.) The…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E13: China Airlines Survives Three Major Tragedies Three devastating crashes over an eight-year span, 1994 to 2002, with a combined 685 fatalities; a record that could easily bankrupt an airline. However, China Airlines (Taiwan's flag carrier) not only survived these horrific events but changed and flourished. They…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-The Inn of the EIGHT Happinesses 八福客栈 vs. The Inn of the Sixth Happiness [ENCORE] Gladys Aylward and Ingrid Bergman: The former, a British-born Christian missionary to China and Taiwan, the latter a three-time Academy Award winner. However despite very different lives, the two will forever be…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-BONUS episode: The Adventures of Frank Bessac During the Mao Zedong years, China was off-limits to Western researchers. Some came to Taiwan as a substitute, among them American anthropologist Frank Bessac. John chats with Michael Aldrich, author of “Old Lhasa: A Biography,” about Bessac’s work in Taiwan.…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E12: The Dalai Lama Visits Taiwan (1997) John chats with Michael Aldrich, author of “Old Lhasa: A Biography,” about relations between Taiwan and Tibet (specifically the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamshala, India). Despite Taipei and Dharamshala sharing a common foe, this relationship was for decades a difficult one.…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E10: Radio Wars John recently visited the National Radio Museum in Minxiong Township, Chiayi County. This led to some research on the use of radio for propaganda. Whether harnessed by the imperial Japanese military or the CIA, “Free China” or the People’s Republic of China, radio waves…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E11: Bird Droppings on Rocks: the surprising history of hotly contested South China Sea islands On Saturday May 18th, 2024, a group of local lawmakers will visit Taiping Island 太平島, a tiny strip of coral and sand in the Spratly Islands more than 1,500 km away from…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E8: The U.S. Breaks Up With Taipei for Beijing (Dec. 1978) Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter only served one term, but those four years were rough: oil embargos, inflation, the Iran hostage crisis, and the decision to recognize the People’s Republic of China (PRC). It was an…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E9: Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁: The Middle Years – From Law School to First Prison Term When Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁 began his university studies in 1969, gifted student though he was, few could have imagined he would become Taiwan’s first non-KMT president. The young Chen had no political…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-The Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA): talking to a member of a former “terrorist” pro-Taiwan-independence group Not so long ago, talking about Taiwan independence could earn you a lengthy prison term. That changed in the late 1990s as Taiwan embraced democracy. Taiwan independence advocates in the…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-Special Episode: Remembering 921 in the Wake of 403 Taiwan is in mourning for those lost or injured by the huge earthquake that happened on the morning of April 3rd, 2024. In this short special episode, we hear John Ross' feelings about the earthquake which this latest…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E7: Travel and Tremors – the 1906 Meishan Earthquake 梅山地震 Drawing on an account never before told in English, we visit Taiwan in the company of French war correspondent Reginald Kann. Upon his arrival in Taihoku (Taipei), he hurries down to the city of Chiayi to investigate…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E6: Taipei’s Architectural Trilogy Part Two: Witnessing History and Changing with the Times In the previous episode, we told you how these three rather stunning neo-classical Chinese buildings came to exist. This week, we’re looking at them through a “culture and society” lens. The massive statue of…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E6: Taipei’s Architectural Trilogy: The CKS Memorial Hall, the National Theater and the National Concert Hall China-born architect Yang Cho-cheng 楊卓成 (1914-2006) left his magnificent mark on Taiwan with the CKS Memorial Hall, and the National Theater and Concert Hall (NTCH) among his greatest masterpieces. This week,…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST 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…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E4: The Interesting Tale of When the Dalai Lama’s Brother Came to Taiwan Gyalo Thondup རྒྱལ་ལོ་དོན་འགྲུབ has had a very interesting life. Born in 1927, he’s the second-eldest brother of the current (and 14th) Dalai Lama. Brother Thondup has long been an unofficial envoy for the Tibetan…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E5: Ghost Brides People do indeed marry ghosts in Taiwan! Formosa Files does not mean to mock or in any way be disrespectful to local traditions. Instead, we hope this episode’s two main ghost stories – one (probably) a tall tale – and the other a true…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E3: The 1973 Qijin Ferry Tragedy - 旗津渡輪 Twenty-five young women and girls drowned after a severely overloaded ferry capsized in 1973. The deaths spurred changes in public transport safety in Kaohsiung, and the victims became part of a social debate over women's rights. Cover (left) shows…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E2: Taiwan (the ROC) and Israel - Surprising Shared Histories Did you know: In 1920, ROC founder Sun Yat-sen wrote a letter in support of Israel’s nationhood aspirations? And, the ROC govt in Nanjing was the first Asian state to recognize the State of Israel in 1948?…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4 - [ENCORE] Happy Holidays? (And: 新年快樂!) Welcome in the Year of the Dragon with this encore of a classic episode from Season Two. Eryk claims all Taiwanese/Chinese holidays are based on sad stories filled with misery, terror, and death. John disagrees. And so the two go…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E1: The Lugang Rebellion (鹿港 1986) In the left corner, mega-multinational corporation DuPont. In the right corner, farmers from central Taiwan’s Lugang 鹿港. Ready? Fight!! To open Season Four, we have a David vs. Goliath story, made more complicated by the fact that the Davids in this…

在Formosa Files的網站聆聽整集podcast：https://pse.is/6tfnqv 傳統市場是臺灣過去數代人的共同記憶。熱鬧的街邊攤販、市場建築內一字排開的商家，伴隨著市場特有的氣味與人情溫度，都是臺灣歷史中相當鮮明的一筆。然而由於社會變遷、消費型態改變，傳統市場逐漸衰落，甚至已經有許多市場建築消失了。究竟傳統市場有些什麼小故事，又能怎麼繼續存活下去呢？這集 Formosa Files 中文版 Podcast 邀請到目前正在中山大學HISP計畫服務的專案經理林心乙，跟我們一起聊聊傳統市場的過去、現在與未來。

在Formosa Files的網站聆聽整集podcast：https://pse.is/6tfnqv 傳統市場是臺灣過去數代人的共同記憶。熱鬧的街邊攤販、市場建築內一字排開的商家，伴隨著市場特有的氣味與人情溫度，都是臺灣歷史中相當鮮明的一筆。然而由於社會變遷、消費型態改變，傳統市場逐漸衰落，甚至已經有許多市場建築消失了。究竟傳統市場有些什麼小故事，又能怎麼繼續存活下去呢？這集 Formosa Files 中文版 Podcast 邀請到目前正在中山大學HISP計畫服務的專案經理林心乙，跟我們一起聊聊傳統市場的過去、現在與未來。

傳統市場是臺灣過去數代人的共同記憶。熱鬧的街邊攤販、市場建築內一字排開的商家，伴隨著市場特有的氣味與人情溫度，都是臺灣歷史中相當鮮明的一筆。然而由於社會變遷、消費型態改變，傳統市場逐漸衰落，甚至已經有許多市場建築消失了。究竟傳統市場有些什麼小故事，又能怎麼繼續存活下去呢？這集 Formosa Files 中文版 Podcast 邀請到目前正在中山大學HISP計畫服務的專案經理林心乙，跟我們一起聊聊傳統市場的過去、現在與未來。 #formosafiles #formosafiles中文版 #podcast #臺灣 #臺灣歷史 #歷史故事 #歷史 #市場 #傳統市場 #臺中 #前鎮 #高雄 #左營 -- 主持人簡介： Eric Hsu（徐葆權）－彰化北斗人，從大學南漂高雄以來，人生的大部分時間都在高雄渡過。關心臺灣文史與地方文化發展，尤其是自己的兩個家鄉：北斗與高雄。 來賓簡介： 林心乙－中山大學HISP計畫專案經理，擅長創造社會對話，尋覓共識與方向，目前致力於前鎮第二公有市場的各種可能。 -- 關於Formosa Files中文版： Formosa Files由陳啓川文教基金會贊助，是目前全世界已知唯一用講故事的方式講述臺灣歷史的英文podcast。從2021年9月啓動以來，以英文為全球127個國家的聽眾播送臺灣的歷史故事。 但我們想🤔，既然是臺灣的故事，不應該更親近臺灣的聽眾朋友嗎？ - 2024年4月，Formosa Files 中文版podcast正式啟動。我們精選Formosa Files的有趣章節，經過兩位主持人Eryk Michael Smith與Eric Hsu（徐葆權）的重新詮釋，將用中文為大家帶來課本不一定有教、你也不一定知道的精采臺灣故事！ - Formosa Files Podcast 網站：www.formosafiles.com Apple：https://pse.is/5u7zzw Spotify：https://pse.is/5u829m SoundOn：https://pse.is/5u82ll