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在Formosa Files的網站聆聽整集podcast：https://pse.is/6uhrwz 近期臺灣在國際上逐漸有許多亮眼的表現，尤其是各式運動競賽方面。然而臺灣一直都是以「中華臺北」的名稱出賽，甚至連「國旗」與「國歌」都不一樣。然而在1950、1960年代，臺灣在奧會上真的是名為「臺灣」。究竟是何時改成「中華臺北」呢？中間又有什麼曲折呢？這集 Formosa Files 中文版 Podcast 就由兩位主持人來與大家一起聊聊，「臺灣」與「中華臺北」的歷史故事。

近期臺灣在國際上逐漸有許多亮眼的表現，尤其是各式運動競賽方面。然而臺灣一直都是以「中華臺北」的名稱出賽，甚至連「國旗」與「國歌」都不一樣。然而在1950、1960年代，臺灣在奧會上真的是名為「臺灣」。究竟是何時改成「中華臺北」呢？中間又有什麼曲折呢？這集 Formosa Files 中文版 Podcast 就由兩位主持人來與大家一起聊聊，「臺灣」與「中華臺北」的歷史故事。 #formosafiles #formosafiles中文版 #podcast #臺灣 #臺灣歷史 #歷史故事 #歷史 #中華臺北 #奧運 #chinesetaipei #taiwan -- 主持人簡介： Eryk Michael Smith－ICRT南臺灣特派員，長期從事記者採編工作、聲音編輯，也會客串DJ。現居高雄，在臺灣已經居住了接近30年，認為臺灣是自己的家。 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：北斗與高雄。 -- 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正式啓動。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

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E33: Dressing Up (and sometimes Stripping Off) – Taiwanese Weddings If you've been to a Taiwanese wedding this century, it was likely a much toned-down version of what these boisterous events could once be like. John (who apologizes for having a cold) recounts watching a wedding and…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E32: The “Demon of Chiayi” - and other true crime tales From a couple of morons who dismember themselves in a bid to scam insurance companies, to the infamous “Demon of Chiayi” serial killer Chen Jui-chin 陳瑞欽 (plus the story of the only woman on death row…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-The Dutch Kill or Capture Every Lamay Islander [ENCORE] Today, the small island roughly 13 kilometers off the coast of Pingtung County is called Xiaoliuqiu 琉球嶼. Some 400 years ago, however, many called it Lamay Island. Shipwrecks in the seas around Formosa were common, and survivors who…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E31: Concubines, Wives, and Women - a peek into the personal lives of early Dutch settlers - With Professor Ann Heylen Roughly 80% of Dutch (or other European) men settling in Taiwan as part of the Dutch East India Company's (VOC) presence on Taiwan married Indigenous Taiwanese…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E34: Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA 黃仁勳 He’s a rockstar in Taiwan; swarmed by the media as he grabs a snack at a local night market while wearing his trademark leather jacket – there’s almost no chance you’ve never heard of him: Jensen Huang 黃仁勳, co-founder and…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E30: The “First” Chinese Person to Visit Taiwan - Chen Di 陳第 (1603) Of course, Chen Di was not actually the first person from China to visit Taiwan. What makes him special is that he wrote an account of what he saw here in 1603, and that…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E29: Two Odd and Forgotten Books Need a break from typhoons (Taiwan)? Need to escape the non-stop election-related noise (USA)? Or maybe you simply would like to hear John and Eryk babble about a couple of strange out-of-print books with a Taiwan connection (everyone)? This week we…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E28: The Pirate Husband-and-Wife Duo Who Terrorized Taiwan (1800-1809) She loved opium, handsome pirates, and spoke English... plus she allegedly (it's almost certainly not true) sometimes went into battle topless! He was a pirate warlord who, at one point, had hundreds of ships and tens of thousands…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E27: 1946 Taiwan in 1946. How will post-war Formosa turn out? Will the KMT be successful in managing the local economy? Will there be strife between the new Chinese rulers and – until very recently – Japanized Taiwanese people? Who knows? Well, we do... now. The Formosa…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E25: The ROC (Taiwan) at World Expos & World Fairs In the first few decades after retreating from the mainland, the Republic of China on Taiwan needed to shine as brightly as possible in foreign spotlights to keep alive the idea (or some might say fantasy) that…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E26: Bits and Pieces - October 2024 Did you know? Joseph Stalin saved Chinese characters. (um… sort of) In Qing-era Taiwan, two men sometimes SHARED a wife! John has done 10 episodes of our other podcast, “Bookish Asia.” Plum Rain Press, the new publishing arm of Formosa…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4--Taiwanese-American Director Ang Lee Wins Again [ENCORE] To celebrate Oscar-winning director Ang Lee (李安) being named the winner for theater/film of the 2024 Praemium Imperiale, a global arts prize awarded annually by the Japan Art Association, we thought we'd reprise our Ang Lee bio episode from Formosa…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E24: Ronald Reagan and the ROC (Taiwan) Did you know that when the United Nations voted to admit “Red China” in 1971, then-California Governor Ronald Reagan called up President Richard Nixon and suggested that the United States quit the UN and become an “observer” in protest? To…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E22: Lonely Planet Travel Guidebook: Taiwan (1997-1998) Lonely Planet travel guidebooks provided some of best info on a new destination in the pre-internet era, and the late Robert Storey (1954-2017) wrote quite a few of them... including the first four editions for Taiwan. Robert Storey’s Lonely Planet…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-HIGH-TECH MINI BONUS EPISODE - AI and Footbinding in Taiwan (What?) What does AI have to do with footbinding in Taiwan? Well, it's a 13-min mini episode, so you're just gonna have to listen and find out. Check the show notes for more info. Cover: YES, we…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E21: Beggar Boy - an incredible tale of resilience Lai Dongjin 賴東進 was born into a “beggar family.” His dad is blind, his mom has a mental illness. He has 11 siblings! Many born into such a disadvantaged position would throw up their hands, blame fate, and…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E23: Taiwan’s President in Exile – Thomas Liao This forgotten father of Taiwan democracy sacrificed his comfortable life (he came from a rich family and had a PhD from the US in Chemical Engineering) to fight for Taiwanese independence in the post-WW2 decades. In 1956 he was…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E19: Taiwan's Olympic GOAT? Mike Chinoy's New Documentary "Decathlon: The CK Yang & Rafer Johnson Story" The incredible story of Amis Taiwanese Olympic decathlete Maysang Kalimud, better known as CK Yang (楊傳廣), was one of the first stories featured in the first season of Formosa Files (December…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E20: Democracy Fighter and Taiwan History Professor Gerrit van der Wees Did you know that all the water buffalo in Taiwan are the descendants of a group of these bovines from Indonesia (formerly the Dutch East Indies)? These poor water buffalo were put on a sailing ship…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E18: Taiwan's Greatest Modern Company - TSMC (The Morris Chang story) The person who did most of the work creating the company people around the world almost immediately associate with Taiwan has no ancestors from this island, was not born here, didn't go to school here, and…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-A Formosa Files INTERVIEW: The Island: a personal account of Taiwan’s extraordinary transformation by Mark O’Neill John chats with veteran Hong Kong-based journalist and author of The Island (2024) Mark O'Neill, who tells us what Taiwan was like in the early 1980s, when he first came to…

FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E16: Political Assassination Attempts, 1928-1970 Japanese princes, Taiwanese activists, a Korean martyr, American generals and presidents, Chiang Kai-shek and his son Chiang Ching-kuo. It’s an action-packed episode with an amazing cast of characters. These little-known Taiwan-related assassination attempts and plots will surprise you. And, we hope, also…