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S4-E15 - The Community Services Center: Director Adam McMillan on the history of a place that's here to help
Season 4 Episode 15
A horrific murder of an American teenager by two other American teenagers in 1985 led to some serious soul-searching:
How could the international c…
1 year, 7 months ago
FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH12-有借有還（？）的外來語—貿易、殖民與語言「借用」
LISTEN TO THE STORY OF LOCAL LANGUAGE LOANWORDS IN CHINESE!
若要說到全世界最知名的外來語，那大概就是「茶」這個字，無論「Cha」或「Tea」，都是隨著陸海貿易流傳世界。而臺灣以及鄰近的中國東南沿海，也因為頻繁的與外國商人貿易或甚至…
1 year, 8 months ago
S4 - [ENCORE] The Qing Dynasty Doesn't Really Want Taiwan (1683)
Season 4
The current Beijing authorities make bombastic claims as silly as “Taiwan has been part of China since the dawn of the universe!!” The reality, howev…
1 year, 8 months ago
FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH11-經濟起飛下的動物悲歌—臺灣野生動物保育的不光彩過去
LISTEN TO THE STORY OF THE ORANGUTAN CRAZE IN CHINESE!
你相信在1980年代，也就是民國70幾年，在臺灣居然還能看到公然展示殺虎販售嗎？經濟起飛之後，人民變得富裕了，但也開始追求各種稀奇的「補品」或玩賞的動物。雖然今日的臺灣已經不再有這麼誇張的…
1 year, 8 months ago
S4-E14 - PACIFIC STORY–Formosa: Prize of the China Sea (NBC Radio, 1944)
Season 4 Episode 14
It’s January 1944 and the tide of WWII has changed. Though it will be a long hard grind, victory is on the horizon. To “better inform the American pu…
1 year, 8 months ago
FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH10-CIA vs. 臺灣核彈—臺灣核武與張憲義事件
LISTEN TO THE STORY OF CIA VS. MADE IN TAIWAN NUKES IN CHINESE!
1945年，美國在日本廣島、長崎投下兩顆原子彈，雖然結束了戰爭，卻為全世界帶來核武的衝突與創傷。而在中華民國，蔣介石也迫不及待的想要加入核武俱樂部。尤其在國府於19…
1 year, 8 months ago
BONUS Episode: Martial Arts Legend Hong Yixiang 洪懿祥
Season 4
John talks with Chris Bates about one of Taiwan’s greatest ever martial artists, Hong Yixiang 洪懿祥 (1925–1993).
Hong was Taiwan’s foremost master of…
1 year, 8 months ago
FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH09-在臺灣成神的飛行員—臺南海尾寮飛虎將軍
LISTEN TO THE STORY OF GHOST PLANES AND THE JAPANESE FIGHTER PILOT WHO BECAME A GOD IN CHINESE!
1944年10月12日，臺灣沖航空戰首日，一位年輕的日本海軍飛行員被擊墜，喪生在臺南海尾寮附近。但在戰後，…
1 year, 8 months ago
S4-E13 - China Airlines Survives Three Major Tragedies
Season 4 Episode 13
Three devastating crashes over an eight-year span, 1994 to 2002, with a combined 685 fatalities; a record that could easily bankrupt an airline. Howe…
1 year, 8 months ago
FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH08-中華民國海軍封鎖中國（？）—領海封閉政策與海盜傳奇
LISTEN TO THE STORY OF WHEN TAIWAN (ROC) BLOCKADED CHINA (PRC) IN CHINESE!
隨著海空軍實力加強，中國近年一直威脅要封鎖臺灣。然而在國民政府遷臺的至少十年之間，卻一直是中華民國在封鎖共產黨中國，而且還搞出相當嚴重的外交危…
1 year, 8 months ago