Popeye, Prison, Soy Sauce and Satire: Bo Yang 柏楊

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The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files

John Ross and Eryk Michael Smith

294 episodes

1 week ago

Formosa Files is the world's biggest and highest-rated Taiwan history podcast. We use an engaging storytelling format and are non-chronological, meaning every week is a new adventure - and, you can just find a topic that interests you and check out that episode...skip stuff that isn't your thing. The hosts are John Ross, an author and publisher of works on Taiwan and China, and Eryk Michael Smith, a journalist for local and global media outlets. Both Ross and Smith have lived in Taiwan for over two decades and call the island home. Email: formosafiles@gmail.com

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Popeye, Prison, Soy Sauce and Satire: Bo Yang 柏楊 – S5-E17

The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files

27 minutes 37 seconds

4 months ago

Popeye, Prison, Soy Sauce and Satire: Bo Yang 柏楊 – S5-E17

Bo Yang 柏楊 (1920-2008) was a Chinese historian, author, dissident, provocateur, and one of Taiwan’s most controversial commentators. After arriving in Taiwan in 1949 with the fleeing KMT, he almost immediately got into trouble with the island’s new one-party regime for everything from listening to the wrong radio station to critiquing Chinese culture. His most famous work was the incendiary book, “The Ugly Chinaman.” However, surprisingly, the crime for which he was sentenced to nine years in prison on Green Island was translating a “Popeye” cartoon strip!

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