Ep. 26: Chris Horton on Taiwan’s History and Present

About this episode

Chris Horton discusses the complex history and current situation of Taiwan.

Colonized by the Dutch, Qing China and Japan, the island of Taiwan has a complicated past and a tense present. We invited the author of a new primer to lay it out for us. The China Books Podcast is a companion of China Books Review, a project of Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations and The Wire China. For any queries or comments, please write to info@chinabooksreview.com.

People in this episode

Guest: Chris Horton

Topics covered

• Taiwan history
• colonialism
• China relations
• society
• culture

Keywords

• Taiwan
• history
• colonization
• Qing China
• Japan
• society
• culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations, The Wire China, China Books Review

Places: Taiwan

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