Philippines Archive

  • Taiwan’s old Southbound Policy (Global Asia review of ‘Imperial Gateway’)

    Taiwan’s old Southbound Policy (Global Asia review of ‘Imperial Gateway’)

    The following book review appeared in the March issue of Global Asia.  When Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen unveiled her administration’s “New Southbound Policy” in 2016, it’s unlikely that historical parallels with imperial Japan crossed her mind. Yet as this compelling monograph reveals, from the moment Taiwan was ceded to Japan, plans to turn the island […]

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  • Taiwanese as second-class imperialists (Taipei Times review of ‘Imperial Gateway’)

    Taiwanese as second-class imperialists (Taipei Times review of ‘Imperial Gateway’)

    The following book review appeared in today’s Taipei Times:  Among the many atrocities committed by the Japanese during World War II, the Sook Ching massacre was notable for the involvement of Taiwanese. Having captured Singapore in February 1942, the Japanese army and its accomplices killed at least 25,000 Chinese. Prominent among the invaders’ henchmen was […]

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