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Society & Culture Taiwan Politics
228: Trauma, Memory and the Birth of a Nation
Posted On February 28, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

The 228 Massacre is sacred ground — a graveyard out of whose soil a nation emerged. And for many, it …

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Society & Culture
Making Transitional Justice Work
Posted On December 8, 2017 J Michael Cole 0

Institutionalization will be key to ensure the long-term survival of the many agencies that have a role to play in …

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Editor Picks Society & Culture Taiwan Politics
Thirty Years After the Lifting of Martial Law in Taiwan, Political Divisions Remain
Posted On July 16, 2017 Dafydd Fell 0

The roots of the longstanding divisions that continue to haunt Taiwan’s political scene lie in contrasting understandings of the martial …

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Remembering 2-28 Across Culture, Distance and Time
Posted On March 9, 2017 Grace Jackson 0

On Feb. 26, the assembly hall of New York’s Taiwan Center was packed with an audience of about 300 people …

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Society & Culture Taiwan Politics
Revisionism in the KMT Global Narrative: A Comparison of Ma Ying-jeou’s Rhetoric at Home and Abroad
Posted On March 4, 2017 Gloria Hu 0

Although the KMT has rewritten its rhetoric to appear “rehabilitated” as a functioning party within a democratic system, thinly veiled …

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Cross-Strait Editor Picks Society & Culture
The 228 Massacre: The Birth Certificate of a Nation?
Posted On March 1, 2017 Hugo Tierny 0

For many, the 228 Incident of 1947 has entered Taiwanese memory as a milestone of national history, symbolizing the divorce …

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Video: The Duty of 228
Posted On February 23, 2017 Nicolas Datiche and Pierre-Emmanuel Deletree 0

For decades, the 228 Incident remained a taboo subject in Taiwan. Victims and their families were forced to swallow their …

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Book Reviews Editor Picks Taiwan Politics
An Eloquent Testimony of Life Under Authoritarian Rule
Posted On January 20, 2017 Grace Jackson 0

In her historical novel ‘Green Island,’ Shawna Yang Ryan reminds us that Taiwan’s democracy, while justifiably celebrated, remains a work …

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Society & Culture Taiwan Politics
How to Achieve Transitional Justice in Taiwan
Posted On January 16, 2017 Jeremy Olivier 0

South Korea has taken a much more comprehensive approach to facing its authoritarian past than Taiwan, and there are several …