Taiwan in the 20th Century

In an earlier podcast episode, I argued that in Taiwan’s history, the 17th century was the most important. It was significant because a failed attempt at European colonization was followed by a successful attempt by the Han Chinese. In a century when Taiwan could have developed along a similar history to the Philippines as a Spanish colony or Indonesia as a Dutch colony, Taiwan became Chinese.

In this episode, I will return to the beautiful island nation. This time to discuss Taiwan in the 20th century; during which, Taiwan had experienced occupation by Japan, the relocation of Chiang Kai-shek (蔣中正) and the Nationalists Party (中國國民黨) from mainland China, and finally the struggle to exercise sovereignty as an independent nation.


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