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TAIWAN HISTORY - Formosa Files Episodes

June 30, 2022

S2-E18 - Teresa Teng 鄧麗君 - "Asia's Eternal Queen of Pop"

Teresa Teng (Deng Lijun 鄧麗君) was arguably Asia's first pop superstar, a singer from Taiwan who won hearts across the continent and the world. Teng got so famous in behind-the-bamboo-curtain China that PLA air force defectors to the Republic of …

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Dec. 23, 2021

S1-E21 - The "Best" Hijacking in History?

The word "stalemate" defined relations between Taiwan and China in the 1970s and early 1980s. Neither side wanted to legitimize the other with "official" talks so ideas such as postal and travel links, as well as the most important - …

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Sept. 30, 2021

S1-E6 - Big Crises on Tiny Islands

The Korean War is over, and Mao turns again to the mission of invading Taiwan. To do that, his forces will need to first take some tiny islands just off the coast of China... which is easier said than done. …

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