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Chinese and Taiwanese Names… Too Many Names! – S5-E12
Season 5 Episode 12
Your name carries history, identity, and sometimes in Taiwan, salmon? In this episode, we explore Taiwanese/Chinese naming traditions: family names, …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! 重要公告
Season 5
The Chinese podcast hasn’t disappeared; it’s now got its own feed.
FORMOSA FILES中文版的節目沒有消失！我們成立了新的頻道（SPOTIFY、APPLE），並將所有的中文版 podcast 章節移動過去。之後FORMOSA …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
“China’s Titanic” (1949) & The Cruise That Ended in Cremation (1994) - S5-E11
Season 5 Episode 11
Often called “China’s Titanic,” the 1949 sinking of the Taiping claimed over 1,000 lives as desperate refugees fled Shanghai for Taiwan. Forty-five y…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Taiwan in the “Teens” (1911-1919) – S5-E10
Season 5 Episode 10
This early part of the twentieth century was filled with revolutions and wars (including the First World War). Formosa, however, was a relatively sta…
10 months ago
FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH54-永和勵行中學殺人事件—臺灣1962年兩大連續殺人案（2）
1962年，在當時的臺北縣永和鎮發生了一件轟動全臺的連續殺人案。一位（被）退休的老師持槍進入勵行中學，造成七死三傷的慘案。然而這件案件最引人注目的，卻反而是兇手的身分以及他在案發後的詭異行徑。這集的 Formosa Files 中文版 Podcast，就讓兩位主持人來跟大家聊聊這起喧騰一時的殺人事…
10 months ago
Taoyuan Magistrate Mass Murder and Gangsters in the Taiwan Government - S5-E9
Season 5 Episode 9
After the “execution-style” murder of Taoyuan Magistrate Liu Pang-yu and half a dozen others at Liu’s official residence in November 1996 by assassin…
10 months, 1 week ago
FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH53-更寮腳營區殺人事件—臺灣1962年兩大連續殺人案（1）
過去的臺灣，似乎並不是一個非常平靜的地方。在1960年代，對外有持續發生小規模衝突的共產中國，對內則有軍隊紀律、匪諜滲透、省籍情節等問題。雖然實施了戒嚴，但社會的治安依然不甚穩定。而在1962年，民國51年，就發生了兩件駭人聽聞的連續殺人案。這集的 Formosa Files 中文版 Podcas…
10 months, 1 week ago
Taiwan’s Stock Market Bubble – And the Crash of 1990 - S5-E8
Season 5 Episode 8
Shortly after the Lunar New Year of 1990, the Taiwan Stock Exchange (the Taiex) hit a peak of almost 12,500. Eight months later it had fallen to a lo…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
FORMOSA FILES IN CHINESE! CH52-臺灣戰後至今的人口問題—節育與「催生」政策
臺灣在戰後很快的成為「復興基地」，接收了百萬播遷來臺的中國軍民，但仍需儲備「反攻大陸」所需的兵力；再加上農業社會需要大量人力，政府於是鼓勵生育，臺灣人口也隨之快速增加。然而在八十年後的今日，臺灣的生育率卻是世界倒數，人口也開始節節下降。這集的 Formosa Files 中文版 Podcast，就…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Communist Parties in Taiwan (and the gruesome tale of Tomb Sweeping Festival 清明節) – S5 - Mini Episode
Season 5
Taiwan is enjoying a four-day break for Qing Ming Jie, usually called Tomb Sweeping Festival (or Day) in English. Formosa Files is taking a bit of a …
10 months, 3 weeks ago