Ep. 315 | The History of Taiwan (Part 6)
The China History Podcast
Laszlo Montgomery
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2022
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
The History of Taiwan continues with the Japanese colonial period during the 1920s. Despite all the transformational things the Japanese were carrying out on the island, not everyone was signing up for allegiance to the emperor. The Beipu Uprising, the 2nd Truku War, Ta-Pa-Ni Incident, and the horrific Musha Incident were all evidence of anti-Japanese resistance and retribution. We also look at Jiang Weishui and Lin Xiantang, two important figures in the movement to establish a Taiwanese Parliament. No one was trying to kick out the Japanese. By the 1920s they began to ask for more representation in government affairs in Taiwan. This was going to be a long struggle.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back, everyone, from all over the galaxy, |
| 0:02.4 | Lauslo Montgomery here for the sixth time, |
| 0:05.1 | talking about the history of Taiwan. |
| 0:07.5 | Did I mention you're listening to the China History Podcast? |
| 0:10.5 | Still called one of the top China history shows out there. |
| 0:14.4 | We're continuing on with the takeover of Taiwan |
| 0:17.1 | by the Japanese following the Treaty of Shimonoseki. |
| 0:21.3 | Nobody wanted the Japanese there at first anyway. |
| 0:24.7 | The doomed from the start, Republic of Taiwan, |
| 0:27.4 | masterminded by Tang Jingxong and Chilfengjia. |
| 0:31.2 | That went quickly. |
| 0:32.5 | The Taiwanese on the island submitted first, |
| 0:35.4 | most would adopt a wait-and-see attitude |
| 0:38.0 | because they were left with little alternative. |
| 0:41.0 | There was always the option of returning to the mainland, |
| 0:43.5 | but with the Qing dynasty and its final decade |
| 0:47.6 | of existence and the sorry state of the nation, |
| 0:50.9 | and Taiwan seemed like the safer bet. |
| 0:53.9 | This initial period lasting from 1895 to 1915 |
| 0:58.4 | saw the Japanese military and police force |
| 1:01.6 | browbeat all resistors into submission. |
| 1:04.8 | There was the government of Kodama Gentaro and Goto Shinpei. |
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