Not so long ago, talking about Taiwan independence could earn you a lengthy prison term. That changed in the late 1990s as Taiwan embraced... more

LISTEN TO THE STORY OF TAIWAN'S GREAT PORK APOCALYPSE (1997) ⁠IN CHINESE! 你知道嗎？臺灣曾經是全球第二大的豬肉出口國，更是日本最重要的豬肉來源地。然而在1997年，豬口蹄疫情在新竹被發現，爆發性地席捲全臺，使得臺灣養豬產業蒙受極為重大的打擊。一直到二十幾年後的今天，臺灣才真正擺脫當年口蹄疫帶來的影響，重新要把臺灣豬肉推向國際。 重要單字：smuggle、outbreak、hoof 相關書籍： T. C. Locke。Barbarian at the Gate: From the American... more

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter only served one term, but those four years were rough: oil embargos, inflation, the Iran... more

LISTEN TO THE STORY OF THE HIJACKING OF CHINA AIRLINES FLIGHT 334 IN CHINESE! 「僵局」一詞定義了 1970 年代和 1980 年代初台灣與中國的關係。雙方都不想透過「官方」會談或交流承認對方的合法性，因此郵政、航班的聯繫以及兩岸相隔數十年的家人團聚等想法都難以推動。但就在 1986 年，由空軍... more

Drawing on an account never before told in English, we visit Taiwan in the company of French war correspondent Reginald... more

Taiwan is in mourning for those lost or injured by the huge earthquake that happened on the morning of April 3rd, 2024.... more

In the previous episode, we told you how these three rather stunning neo-classical Chinese buildings came to exist. This week,... more

China-born architect Yang Cho-cheng 楊卓成 (1914-2006) left his magnificent mark on Taiwan with the CKS Memorial Hall, and the National Theater and... more

People do indeed marry ghosts in Taiwan! Formosa Files does not mean to mock or in any way be disrespectful to... more

In the summer of 1973, a young Mike Chinoy finagled his way onto one of the earliest trips of civilian Americans to... more