Former European Economic and Trade Office in Taiwan (EETO) director Frederic Laplanche has praised Taiwan’s tradition of rebellion in his new book, saying he believes it to be an act of freedom and democracy.
There are plenty of French historic materials showing that Taiwanese disobeyed those in power as far back as 300 years ago, Laplanche said at the Taipei International Book Exhibition on Saturday.
In the book <i>Taiwan racontee par les Francais</i> (Taiwan told by the French), which is also available in Chinese, Laplanche said he attempted to find out what Taiwan was like from 1630 to 1930 through accounts from
Taipei, June 5 (CNA) Frederic Laplanche, the former head of the European Economic and Trade Office in Taiwan (EETO), praised the tradition of rebellion in Taiwan in his new book, saying he believed it is an act of freedom and democracy.
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In 1898, the all-male Tainan Mission Council was upset that female missionaries were carrying out projects without their consent.
The Presbyterian Church of England began sending single professional or semi-professional women abroad in 1878. There were three of them in Tainan: Joan Stuart, Annie Butler and Margaret Barnett, who took turns running the Sinlou Girls’ School (新樓女學校, today’s Chang Jung Girls’ Senior High School). Opened in 1887, it was the first Western-style school for women in southern Taiwan, and the only admission requirement was no foot-binding.
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