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The bombing of Taihoku, capital of Japanese Taiwan

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Post date May 31, 2020
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The Japanese Governor General’s Office, now the Presidential Palace, was heavily damaged in 1945.

For decades, the air raid on then Japanese-controlled Taipei in May 1945 was an ignored chapter of World War II in Asia.

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Taiwan President Tsai Ying-wen starts second term

Post author By Flying Dutchman
Post date May 20, 2020
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Official picture of Tsai Ying-wen during her first term as Taiwanese President 2016-2020

Taiwan’s first female president Tsai Ying-wen starts her second term in office while the world is fighting the coronavirus, which her government has contained very successfully.

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Taiwan 2019: same-sex marriage introduced against majority will

Post author By Flying Dutchman
Post date May 17, 2020
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Veteran gay activist Chi Chia-wei at Gay Pride Taipei 2016

Same-sex marriage was legalized in Taiwan exactly one year ago after the nation’s highest court had ruled in favor in 2017, but against a majority of the population.