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A deep dive into the Taiwan Strait, one of the major frontlines of the battle between western hegemony and eastern counter-hegemony, between dying unipolarity and rising multipolarity, discussing all matters related to cross-strait affairs between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland, past and present, and connecting them with global politics.
Ep 22: Colonizing the Mind - Taiwan and the Legacy of Japanese Rule
Strait Talk with Xiangyu
47 minutes 47 seconds
4 months ago
Ep 22: Colonizing the Mind - Taiwan and the Legacy of Japanese Rule
Why is Japanese colonial rule remembered so differently in Taiwan than in Korea? In this episode, we dive deep into the Japanese colonization of Taiwan to unpack that question. From addressing the land question and carrying out irrigation projects to strategic co-optation of local elites and the brutal Kominka assimilation campaign, we explore how Japan engineered long-term compliance—and how the KMT's postwar repression inadvertently helped to erase anti-Japanese resistance from public memory. With colonization came modernization in Taiwan, but who paid for it? This is the story of exploitation disguised as development, and how selective memory shapes public opinion to this day.
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Strait Talk with Xiangyu
A deep dive into the Taiwan Strait, one of the major frontlines of the battle between western hegemony and eastern counter-hegemony, between dying unipolarity and rising multipolarity, discussing all matters related to cross-strait affairs between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland, past and present, and connecting them with global politics.
