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S4 – INTERVIEW: The Island: a personal account of Taiwan’s extraordinary transformation by Mark O’Neill
S4 – INTERVIEW: The Island: a personal account of Taiwan’s extraordinary transformation by Mark O’Neill

Season 4

John chats with veteran Hong Kong-based journalist and author of The Island (2024) Mark O'Neill, who tells us what Taiwan was like in the early 1980s…

1 year, 6 months ago

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FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH17-改變臺灣社區的便利商店—另類的「臺灣奇蹟」
FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH17-改變臺灣社區的便利商店—另類的「臺灣奇蹟」

臺灣的便利商店密度,幾乎已經可說是舖天蓋地的程度。在城市中,幾乎每兩三個路口就有一間;城市以外的區域,便利商店也是上山下海無所不在。臺灣人個人乃至於整個社區的生活習慣,都因為便利商店而發生了翻天覆地的變化。至於便利商店在臺灣,又有些什麼有趣的故事呢?就讓Formosa Files中文版的兩位主持人…

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S4-E18 - Taiwan's Greatest Modern Company - TSMC (The Morris Chang story)
S4-E18 - Taiwan's Greatest Modern Company - TSMC (The Morris Chang story)

Season 4 Episode 18

The person who did most of the work creating the company people around the world almost immediately associate with Taiwan has no ancestors from this …

1 year, 7 months ago

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FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH16-改版再改版的車牌號碼—臺灣車牌的故事
FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH16-改版再改版的車牌號碼—臺灣車牌的故事

臺灣的機車密度世界第一,若再加上其它大小車輛,大概也是世界數一數二的程度。而在臺灣,各種車輛都免不了要掛車牌,也讓車牌成為臺灣的日常街景。然而臺灣的車牌實際上經歷多次改版,街上也時常可以看到懸掛舊式車牌的車輛。而從開放車牌自選號甚至競標以來,也讓車牌有些不一樣的意義與「價值」。究竟這個最日常的風景…

1 year, 7 months ago

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S4-E17 - “UNDER PROTEST” – Taiwan at the Olympics
S4-E17 - “UNDER PROTEST” – Taiwan at the Olympics

Season 4 Episode 17

Did you know we once went to the Olympics under the name “Formosa”? 

 

At the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Taiwan will once again compete …

1 year, 7 months ago

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FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH15-歷史這個東西好無聊?!—那就來聊聊歷史吧!
FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH15-歷史這個東西好無聊?!—那就來聊聊歷史吧!

一講到「歷史」,很多人就覺得是好無聊的東西。從小到大的都被老師吩咐要「背起來」,然後又都是跟自己八竿子打不著的「歷史事件」、「歷史人物」。你也覺得是這樣嗎?來聽聽兩位主持人聊聊「歷史」吧!


主持人簡介:

Eryk Michael Smith-ICRT南臺灣特派員,長期從事記者採編工作、聲音編輯,…

1 year, 7 months ago

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S4-E16 - Political Assassination Attempts, 1928-1970
S4-E16 - Political Assassination Attempts, 1928-1970

Season 4 Episode 16

Japanese princes, Taiwanese activists, a Korean martyr, American generals and presidents, Chiang Kai-shek and his son Chiang Ching-kuo.


It’s an act…

1 year, 7 months ago

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FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH14-數字居然也有故事?—日常生活裡的數字故事
FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH14-數字居然也有故事?—日常生活裡的數字故事

細心一點的聽眾朋友可能會在日常當中發現,「4」這個數字在生活中很容易被「消失」,尤其在樓層數和車牌號碼裡,很多時候都看不見「4」;但在國外,不見的卻常常是「13」這個數字。除此之外,在我們的生活裡還有許多數字,當然就又有許許多多的疑問。例如說,大家有沒有想過,為什麼臺灣電話的區碼是從臺北的「02」…

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S4 - Hear Ye, Hear Ye: Summer 2024 Musings and Announcements
S4 - Hear Ye, Hear Ye: Summer 2024 Musings and Announcements

Season 4

In this short segment, John and Eryk first make the stunning observation that summer in subtropical Taiwan is hot. They then reflect on the "Pacific …

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FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH13-引領風潮的速食餐廳—麥當勞與臺灣速食的故事
FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH13-引領風潮的速食餐廳—麥當勞與臺灣速食的故事

今年(2024)年是麥當勞來臺40週年(1984-2024)。當初麥當勞準備要進來臺灣時,並不如預想般順遂,甚至對臺灣的農業造成衝擊。然而繼麥當勞之後,臺灣的速食餐廳開始蔚為風潮,各家連鎖品牌開始湧現,甚至還出現了臺灣本土品牌的速食。究竟麥當勞與速食,在臺灣有些什麼故事呢?就讓Formosa Fi…

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