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Wednesday, February 03, 2016
1985 Diane Sawyer on the Henry Liu killing
This segment discusses the killing of a writer and critic of the Nationalist regime on Taiwan in California in 1984. The incident affected US relations with the KMT, and helped inspire the recent movie Formosa Betrayed. h/t to KL. _______________________ [Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores of links to other Taiwan blogs and forums!
Too bad Henry Liu, like most other people under investigation by the MIB at the time, was a mainlander. This story would be much better if he had been pre-49 Taiwanese educated in Japan who lost relatives in 228 but you can't win them all.
For those interested in a well-researched account of the Henry Liu murder, David Kaplan's "Fires of the Dragon: Politics, Murder, and the Kuomintang" (published by Atheneum in 1992) is worth seeking out.
Too bad Henry Liu, like most other people under investigation by the MIB at the time, was a mainlander. This story would be much better if he had been pre-49 Taiwanese educated in Japan who lost relatives in 228 but you can't win them all.
ReplyDeleteFor those interested in a well-researched account of the Henry Liu murder, David Kaplan's "Fires of the Dragon: Politics, Murder, and the Kuomintang" (published by Atheneum in 1992) is worth seeking out.
ReplyDeleteToo bad Diane Sawyer keeps saying Henry Liu was from China/Chinese descendat, when he was form Taiwan/Taiwanese...
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