Outside 228 Memorial Museum

Day #117: Taiwanese language

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July 29th 2013
Taiwan's struggle for independence was especially bitter and protracted, so its Memorial Museum emphasizes peace, and is situated in Peace Park, next to the Taipei 228 Memorial. Taiwan was under Chinese control and then from the late 1800s Japanese control and the Japanese forced all Taiwanese to learn and speak Japanese, especially for all official matters. After WWII the Japanese surrende ... read more

Asia » Taiwan » Taipei

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In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using th... ... read more