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Mapping Taiwan: A journey through history

April 25, 2012October 4, 2026Trista di GenovaChinese Civil War, Dutch in Formosa, geography, Japanese in Taiwan, Jerome F. Keating, Jerome Keating, Mapping Taiwan, Taiwan history

Dutch historian Francois Valentyn’s map of 1724, replete with depth markings between Taiwan and mainland China, accentuates the strategic value of the strait. (Courtesy of SMC Publishing Inc.) By Kwangyin Liu / Taiwan Today Taiwan may be Asia’s most vibrant democracy, but this lofty status masks a colonial past that continues to impact local society…

'Woodstock' takes Taipei… 40 years on

Taiwan News

October 18, 2009October 4, 2026Phillip Charlier1 CommentAng Lee, Dan Bloom, Don Shapiro, Don Silver, Janis Joplin, Jerome Keating, Jimi Hendrix, Lynn Miles, martial law in Taiwan, Pink Floyd, Ravi Shankar, rock history in Taiwan, Santana, Syd Goldsmith, Taiwan history, Taiwan Review, Taking Woodstock, the Who, White Lily movement, White Terror era, Woodstock experience in Taiwan, Woodstock music festival

By Dan Bloom Special to The Wild East TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Despite how the U.S. was transformed by the 1969 Woodstock musical festival in upstate New York, Taiwanese filmgoers are only now able to see what the fuss was all about. In those days, Taiwan was still under martial law. Local newspapers characterized Woodstock as…