Ep. 314 | The History of Taiwan (Part 5)
The China History Podcast
Laszlo Montgomery
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
More Taiwan history for you in Part 5. This time we only get as far as the first decade of the Japanese colonial period. Quite a bit of exciting and little-known stuff went down in Taiwan between the Treaty of Shimonoseki and the moment the Japanese tamped down major resistance, seized control, and got to photograph themselves under a "Mission Accomplished" banner. The first years were characterized by acts of defiance against the Japanese takeover. We'll also examine "Asia's first republic" and those five months from 1895. We also harken back to an old History of Tea episode to look at Li Chunsheng and John Dodd's contribution to launching Taiwan's tea industry. All of this and more for you in Part 5. I hope you enjoy it and I look forward to your emails and comments.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back everyone, Lauslo Montgomery. |
| 0:02.5 | This is the China History Podcast, thanks for tuning in. |
| 0:05.8 | History of Taiwan Part 5 today. |
| 0:09.4 | Well, we finally made it to the 20th century, |
| 0:11.9 | not actually not yet, but we're pretty close and we'll get there today. |
| 0:15.5 | We finished off last time with Japan's victory over China in the first Sino-Japanese war. |
| 0:21.6 | As part of the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, |
| 0:24.3 | signed April 17th, 1895. |
| 0:27.9 | China handed the island of Taiwan to the Empire of Japan. |
| 0:32.8 | Earlier back in 1879, Japan's 66-year march in the direction of its ultimate destruction |
| 0:40.4 | had already begun with the annexation of the Ryukyu island chain. |
| 0:45.0 | Now in 1895, they picked up Taiwan and Pung Hul. |
| 0:50.0 | And that is what we'll start looking at in this Part 5 episode. |
| 0:54.1 | Anyway, if no one has any objections, |
| 0:56.1 | I'd like to mention a couple other things that were also happening in Taiwan. |
| 1:01.0 | Judging by the main narrative so far, you'd think Taiwan's history was all just attempts |
| 1:06.0 | at colonizing and rebellions and wars and invasions and indigenous people fighting with anyone |
| 1:13.4 | who came near to them. I know I covered much of this in my tea history series and tea history |
| 1:20.2 | podcast, but during the Qing Dynasty, Taiwan's famous tea industry was launched. |
| 1:26.3 | Tea was already growing indigenously on the island, but like it was in China and pre-Luyu days, |
| 1:33.6 | the quality of the brew wasn't yet anything you'd look forward to drinking yourself. |
| 1:38.5 | The Dutch wrote about the tea they encountered in Taiwan. |
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