Ep. 4: Warriors of the Rainbow and Taiwanese Identity

East Asia for All

English - June 08, 2017 20:24 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
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Our fourth full episode features a discussion of Warriors of the Rainbow, Wei Te-sheng's 2011 film about the 1930 Wushe Uprising in Taiwan. We brought in Dr. Leo Ching to help us discuss the movie, Taiwan's history of colonization, and Taiwanese identity formation.