2010年4月29日 星期四

In search of the Tung-luo clan 東螺社人

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Immediately after the surrender of Ming-Cheng or Tung-Ning Dynasty, turncoat 施琅Shi-lang (1621-1696) began ruling Taiwan as 福建水師提督Admiral of ...
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2010年4月18日 星期日

Japanese orphans in China 中国残留日本人孤児

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[Maestro Ozawa Seiji - we wish you a speedy recovery.] In 1685, 500 藤牌兵 from Taiwan fought the Russians in Albazin, north of the Amur [the B...
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2010年4月10日 星期六

Who are Taiwanese anyway

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[A map of Aboriginal tribal areas in Taiwan including both Plains and Mountain tribes.] Here is a view from Danshui: It is interesting to se...
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2010年4月4日 星期日

Poisson chanteur de Rivière Tamsui - Singing fish of Danshui River

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A collection of correspondences, spanning August 23, 1884 to June 22, 1885, appeared in "la terre illustrée" ( Illustrated Earth ...
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2010年3月31日 星期三

News on Dec 24 1945

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The Japanese went back to Japan in 1946 (see here ), but when did the Taiwanese stranded outside of Taiwan start coming home? 民報, a newspape...
2010年3月25日 星期四

Special Forces Part 2 - The Black Rifle Battalion

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Even though 鄭成功Cheng Chen-Gong [國姓爺Koxinga] (1624-1662) is a household name in both Taiwan and China yet his life remains relatively unknown...
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2010年3月21日 星期日

Special Forces Part 1 - The Iron-man Corps 鐵人部隊

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Presumably a contemporary German made the above sketch of Koxinga's Iron-man Corps, one of the many special forces of Koxinga's army...
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