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![[Encore] Mao's Taiwanese Spymaster](https://getpodpage.com/image_transform_gate_v3/kyJs5ZwctFthDHNIacyMxBzN8izajBpTlQucIAWsa-k=/?image_url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com%2Fredwood-labs%2Fshowpage%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2F0c6eada1-a20e-467f-a918-716a24d0318b.jpeg&w=1200&h=630&fill=blur "[Encore] Mao's Taiwanese Spymaster")
The Taiwan News recently did a feature on Formosa Files (link below), and in the article, this episode from 2021 is mentioned. We thought we'd re-release it for any new "Formosa Filers" who missed it the first time around. This is a fascinating tale of a Taiwanese man (Japanese Formosan, to be exact), who survived the Long March with Mao Zedong, and was then sent back to Taiwan to build a spy network and prepare for a communist invasion.
Many thanks to the Taiwan News for their detailed feature on Formosa Files.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4910533
Cover: A pro-invasion propaganda poster from 1950s communist China.
BIG thanks to the Taiwan News for their in-depth article and video on Formosa Files!
Below: "We Must Liberate Taiwan!" - another CCP propaganda poster, believed to date back to China's "Cultural Revolution." Thankfully, no such "liberation" has occurred.
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Write us with questions or ideas at formosafiles@gmail.com
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Check our very first episode, the story of a very white man who showed up in London in 1703... and claimed to be from Formosa. Or try a foodie episode from Season 3. Or, for those who want some harder-core history, hear the tale of the Lockheed U-2 pilot Wang Hsi-chueh 王錫爵, who became famous for defecting to the PRC by hijacking China Airlines Flight 334 on May 3, 1986.
