The Wild East Magazine

Taiwan re-elects Pres. Tsai Ing-wen – by another landslide!

January 31, 2020October 4, 2026Trista di Genovacross-strait ties, Democratic Progressive Party, DPP, KMT in Taiwan, Lee teng-hui, ma ying-jeou, Taiwan history, Taiwan politics, Tsai Ing-wen, White Terror

Tsai’s entire career trajectory could be described as a ‘Rampage of Firsts’, shattering glass ceilings as she rose through the ranks of Taiwan society By Trista di Genova-CHANG, The Wild East magazine President Tsai Ing-wen, at a community event to dialogue with the expat community, in the lead-up to her first victorious election as Taiwan’s…

Taipei graveyard may hold key to White Terror

History

April 8, 2012October 4, 2026Trista di GenovaChiang Wei-shui, Chinese Civil War, human rights, Linda Gail Arrigo 艾琳達 Ài Líndá, martial law, political prisoners, White Terror, White Terror era in Taiwan, 蔣中正 / 蔣介石 Chiang Kai-shek

At the gate to the Martial Law Era Political Victim Memorial Park, from left to right: Linda Arrigo, Ann Heylen, professor of NTNU's Graduate Institute of Taiwan Culture, Richard Zalski a researcher and Kenbo Liao, whose father fell victim during the 2-28 Incident. Photo: Trista di Genova By Trista di Genova / Originally published in The…

2-28 Massacres: Remembering the dark side of Taiwan’s history

History

February 28, 2012October 4, 2026Trista di Genova1 Comment2-28 incident, 2-28 Massacre, Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Taiwan, Chen Yi, Chiang kai-shek in Taiwan, City of Sadness, Formosa Betrayed by George Kerr, Kuomintang, Lee teng-hui, Linda Gail Arrigo 艾琳達 Ài Líndá, Taiwan martial law, White Terror

2-28 Incident in woodcut; the artist was executed. Feb. 28, 1947. A confrontation occurs between agents of the Monopoly Bureau and a woman cigarette vendor; in their view she is illegally selling cigarettes, and they try to confiscate her life savings. Onlookers intervene on her behalf and one officer opens fire as they flee, killing…

American Taels Expat Chat

July 18, 2011October 4, 2026Trista di Genova3 Comments2-28 incident, aboriginal culture in Taiwan, aboriginal naming rights, Amnesty International, chen shui-bian, DPP, Formosa Kaohsiung incident, human rights, Kaohsiung, KMT, Lee teng-hui, Lin family murders, Linda Gail Arrigo 艾琳達 Ài Líndá, Lynn Miles, martial law in Taiwan, Political Beats, political dissidents, pro-Taiwan independence movement, Shih Ming-te 施明德, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan history, Tien Chao-min, US military in Taiwan, White Terror

Linda Arrigo takes visitors on tours of a White Terror era graveyard in east Taipei. Photo: Trista di Genova One of the most underappreciated intellectuals around, for decades Linda Gail Arrigo has stuck to her guns and stood up for human rights in Taiwan. She should be thanked for always being a truth-teller, and providing…

Will Tiao on 'Formosa Betrayed': ‘I can defend my movie to the T”

Arts & Entertainment

August 8, 2010October 4, 2026Trista di Genova11 Comments2-28 incident, 228 massacre, Chiang kai-shek in Taiwan, Chinese Civil War, Formosa Betrayed, Formosa Kaohsiung incident, Henry Liu, meilidao, Taipei Times reviews, Taiwan history in film, White Terror, Will Tiao

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…