An aboriginal uprising against Japanese colonists was popularized in the excellent film, "Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale" Anthropologist Scott Simon will be speaking at Academia Sinica in Taipei on May 6 at 2:30pm, on the topic “Sadyaq Balae! State and Indigeneity on Formosa” in Room B202, RCHSS Academia Sinica (map) Like indigenous peoples around…
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‘Formosan Odyssey’ by John Ross: BOOK REVIEW
Re-reading <i>Formosan Odyssey</i> is like slipping back into the arms of an old lover! Formosan Odyssey: Taiwan, Past and Present by John Ross. RATING: 4.5 stars **** Paperback, 285 pages Published 2002 by Taiwan Adventure Publications ISBN 9869995160 I recently re-read this book, and thoroughly enjoyed it again, perhaps even more than the first time.…
Read moreWill Tiao on 'Formosa Betrayed': ‘I can defend my movie to the T”
Will Tiao at yesterday’s Breakfast Club meeting. Photo: Trista di Genova By Trista di Genova Wild East senior correspondent At a speaking engagement jointly sponsored by Prof. Jerome Keating’s Breakfast Club and the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents Club (TFCC) and held at Central News Agency’s headquarters in Taipei Saturday, Will Tiao, the American-born Taiwanese writer/actor/producer of…
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