History of Taiwan

A Captivating Guide to Taiwanese History and the Relationship with the People's Republic of China

De: Captivating History

Narrado por: Edwin Andrews

If you want to discover the captivating history of Taiwan, then pay attention....

The history of Taiwan is astonishing. Politically, Taiwan - was a warlord culture. The Portuguese, when passing by the island in the mid-1540s, called the island “Ilha Formosa,” which means “Beautiful Island”.

Then the Dutch came in the 1620s, searching for a base of operations for the Dutch East India Company.

Then the Han Chinese came in the 17th century. Many of these Han Chinese were refugees from the wars in China. This influx caused an explosive reaction.

And then came the Japanese in 1894! Taiwan was subjugated to a Japanese program of inculcation. All the people of Taiwan had to learn Japanese, and Shinto shrines cropped up everywhere.

Then came Chiang Kai-shek in 1949. He awakened the conflict between the vestiges of Japanese influences and the Republic of China.

Having been inflicted with so many cultural and political invasions, a new breed of Taiwanese people rose up, and they wanted freedom from the oppression they had faced for decades, although there were some who wanted socialism and communism. Taiwan is not even recognized as an independent sovereign by every country in the world today.

Listen Taiwan’s story - a story of an island that walks a tightrope searching for its identity, balance, and fate.

In History of Taiwan: A Captivating Guide to Taiwanese History and the Relationship with the People's Republic of China, you will discover topics such as:

• Formosa: Beautiful island
• The arrival of the Chinese and their religion
• The Dutch trading years
• The Ming, the Qing, and Japan: The war years
• Japanese Taiwan
• Taiwan after World War II
• And much, much more!

So if you want to learn more about the history of Taiwan, then buy this book today!

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GOOD

Highly recommend this book to someone looking at having an introduction to this subject and its key concepts. the book was very engaging and instructor definitely knows his subject matter well.

Meh

Narrator tried their best, but the history is accurate. Dude wasn't very interesting to listen to, and his mispronounciations were jarring.

Narrator lacked proper pronunciation

Great overview of the history of Taiwan however the narrator mispronounced so many words that it was very distracting. Qing dynasty, Chinese Hakka we’re just a couple examples of the many words he mispronounced over and over and over again.

in-depth knowledge

This is a great book about Taiwan history. The author has sharp observation and in-depth knowledge of the history of Taiwan. A valuable reference.

Highly recommended

I enjoyed this book without question and I listen it with incredible delight. I liked this book very much and I listen it with great pleasure. I highly recommend this guide for those in need of this type of information.

A Research Paper

interesting and well researched . The writing is somewhat choppy but the history presented is accurate.

It was OK.

Pretty sure this was a high school term paper originally. Learned a little, but it was tough to finish.

Does it’s job, but the guy can’t pronounce Chinese

The book isn’t jaw dropping, but it gets the job done of giving a good summary of Taiwan’s history. The narrator is also a good reader, but the performance is hindered greatly because the reader doesn’t know how to pronounce any of the Chinese terms or names.

Listen to it

The author is amazing and has perfect clarity!!! I loved this audiobook ! It was informative as well as captavating! Perfect!

Wavetop History

Was hoping for a deeper history lesson. I am not a fluent Mandarin speaker but some of the names were absolutely butchered - Mao Zedong somehow become Mo (like in the 3 stooges). Good voice but some coaching on pronunciation would have been helpful. Also, several times there was a clear pause after a mispronounciation - no big deal, just edit it out.