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As Taiwan continues to reclaim its suppressed past, there’s been a proliferation of documentaries on notable writers in this case the legendary author and critic Yeh Shi-tao (葉石濤) in a bid to bring them back to the national consciousness, especially among young people. Born in Tainan in 1925, Yeh showed his genius from a young age, publishing his first novel as a teenager. Things went south for him after World War II; as a member of the “translingual generation” he was forced to compose in an unfamiliar language Mandarin. Additionally, he was thrown in jail for three ....
Students protest after ex-professor is locked out ‘HUMILIATING’: Aletheia University students called on the school to apologize for limiting former professor Chang Liang-tse’s access to its Taiwan literature archive By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter, with CNA The Aletheia University Student Association yesterday called on the university to apologize to retired professor Chang Liang-tse (張良澤) after it prevented him from accessing the Taiwanese literature archive at its Tainan campus by changing the lock on the building. Last month, the university changed the lock on the building without warning, barring Chang’s access to the archive that he had “singlehandedly established,” Chung Yen-wei (鍾延威), the son of the late writer Chung Chao-cheng (鍾肇政), wrote on Facebook on Friday. ....
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, masks have become an all-too-familiar sight across the nation. On Dec. 28, 1988, thousands of Hakka marched through Taipei carrying a picture of Republic of China founder Sun Yat-sen (孫逸仙) adorned with a mask, in a protest called “Restore My Mother Tongue,” satirically pointing out that the government would deny even the Father of the Nation the right to speak his mother tongue. Today, 32 years later, the nation has a Hakka Affairs Council and Hakka TV. Hakka is one of the official languages and there are three national universities that have a college offering Hakka ....