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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