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TAIWAN\uff1aA History of Agonies\uff08Revised and Enlarged Edition\uff09<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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\u201cTaiwan is not China.
\nThe Taiwanese are not the Chinese.
\nTaiwan should be ruled by Taiwanese themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

This long-awaited English version will be the foundation stone on which for the peoples of the world will deepen their understanding of the Taiwan affairs and the Taiwan-China relations.<\/p>\n

The US Presidential election having turned out as it did, the world is watching Taiwan closer and harder than ever before – now what happens to Taiwan?<\/p>\n

Taiwan is no part of China. Taiwanese are not Chinese. This book tells just that.<\/p>\n

The author, Ong Iok-tek, also a linguist, wrote this book while in exile in Japan to let the world know the truth of the history of Taiwan. Ardently read and reread over half a century since its publication, this book has come to claim its due status as the most authentic historical account of Taiwan that has affected many a Taiwanese. It goes and proves then that this book so vividly portrays the realty of Taiwan based strictly on nothing but scientific, objective truths.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s claim over Taiwan as its \u201cterritory\u201d is totally groundless; nor has China any legitimate ground on which to annex Taiwan. That this book so eloquently appeals you as you turn the pages.<\/p>\n

Since the dawn of its history, the island of Taiwan has paved its own way apart from China. It did come under the severest illegal rule by the Chinese Kuomintang after the World War II, but the Taiwanese have proudly demonstrated their high level of national traits to singlehandedly recover a genuine democratic state of their own.<\/p>\n

Fully aware of Taiwan\u2019s geo-political importance, China has incessantly exerted every illicit means in an attempt to drag Taiwan into their sphere of power. Now is the time, more so than ever before, Taiwan stands as a fortress that all nations of the world must join together in its defense in the name of freedoms and democracy. Should Taiwan be once gulped into the dictatorial China, freedoms, human rights, and democracy we mankind have passed centuries to defend would be treaded upon overnight.<\/p>\n

To block China\u2019s illicit designs, the problems surrounding Taiwan ought to be better and closer appreciated. That is the very reason why this book, now crisply translated into English, now at a most opportune moment when the world intently looks upon the destiny of Taiwan.<\/p>\n

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Ong Iok-tek (1924-1985)<\/p>\n

PhD in Literature (Tokyo University)
\nProfessor of Meiji University, Department of Commerce
\nInstructor in many Universities, e.g. Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
\nFounder of Taiwan Youth (forerunner of WUFI)
\nSecretary-General of Council for Implementing Compensation for Ex-Japanese Soldiers of Taiwanese Ancestry<\/p>\n

1924 Born in Tainan, Taiwan
\n1942 Graduated from Taihoku High School
\n1943 Entered Tokyo Imperial University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Chinese Philosophy\/Literature (\u652f\u90a3\u54f2\u6587\u5b66)
\n1944 Evacuated to Taiwan, served in City Office, Chia-yi
\n1945 Theatrical activities while teaching at Tainan First High School
\n1947 January, Got married
\nFebruary, 228 Incident; his elder brother Ong Iok-lim who was a prosecutor was killed by KMT government
\n1949 Took refuge in Japan
\n1950 Re-entered Tokyo University
\n1960 Completed graduate studies at Post-Graduate School, Tokyo University
\nFounded Taiwan Youth (\u53f0\u6e7e\u9752\u5e74\u793e), inaugurated its monthly organ Taiwan Youth (\u300a\u53f0\u6e7e\u9752\u5e74\u300b); devoted much of his time to Taiwan independence movement since then
\n1975 Founded Council for Implementing Compensation for Ex-Japanese Soldiers of Taiwanese Ancestry; appointed Secretary-General of the council and actively worked toward resolving this problem
\n1985 September 9, Deceased of myocardial infarction
\n2021 September 9, Ong Iok-tek Memorial Museum founded in Tainan City<\/p>\n

Publications:
\nTaiwanese Common Vocabulary (Tokyo, Eiwagogaku-sha, 1957)
\nTaiwan: A History of Agonies (Tokyo, Kobundo, 1964)
\nFirst Step to Taiwanese (Tokyo, Furinshobo, 1972)
\nElementary Taiwanese (Tokyo, Nichu-shuppan, 1983)
\nTaiwan Strait (Tokyo, Nichu-shuppann, 1983)
\nA Historical Study of Taiwanese (Tokyo, Daiichi-shobo, 1987)
\nThe Complete Works of Ong Iok-tek (in 15 volumes)
\nA Taiwanese Youth Who Lived Showa (Tokyo, Soshisha, 2011)
\nOng Iok-tek\u2019s Seminar of Taiwanese (Tokyo, Toho-shotenn)<\/p>\n

And numerous theses on Taiwan problem, linguistics and more.<\/p>\n

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Ong Meiri<\/p>\n

Chairwoman of World United Formosans for Independence (WUFI) Japan
\nDirector of the Friends of Lee Teng-Hui Association in Japan
\nMember of the Japan Poets Club<\/p>\n

1954 Born in Tokyo
\n1977 Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Literature, Department of English\/American Literature
\n1985\uff5e Engaged in cataloging and publication of manuscripts of father, Ong Iok-tek, after his departure in 1985
\n2011\uff5e Chairwoman, WUFI Japan<\/p>\n

Publications:
\n\u30fbCollections of Poems:
\nHikidashiga Ippai (Drawers Full of XXXX) (Tokyo, Soshisha, 2003)
\nSunflowers in Homeland (Taiwan, Yu Shan-she, 2015)<\/p>\n

\u30fbEditing:
\nThe Complete Works of Ong Iok-tek (15 volumes) (Taipei, Ch\u2019ien Wei-ch\u2019u-pan, 2002)
\nA Taiwanese Youth Who Lived Showa (Tokyo, Soshisha, 2011)<\/p>\n

\u30fbTranslation:
\nRethinking \u201cOne China\u201d edited by John J. Tkacik, Jr. (Tokyo, Soshisha, 2005)<\/p>\n

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Shimamura Yasuharu<\/p>\n

1935 Born in Tokyo<\/p>\n

Education:
\n1953 Graduated from Saitama Prefectural Urawa High School
\n1955 Boise Junior College (latter-day Boise State University), Boise, Idaho, U.S.A. (English, music) A.A.
\n1957 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. (English, music) B.M.
\n1960 Los Angeles Conservatory of Music, L.A., California<\/p>\n

Profession:
\n1953-55 Lecturer, Kano Junior High School (alma mater), English and History
\n1965 Japan Cultural Forum, Japanese leg of the Congress for Cultural Freedom, Paris, and de facto publisher of its Japanese-language organ Jiyu (Freedom)
\n1972 Royal Norwegian Embassy, chancellor\/senior translator<\/p>\n

Field of Work:
\nApart from creative endeavor in music, engaged exclusively in bilingual translation on all subjects over two decades of foreign service.<\/p>\n

Now at the age of Umbrella, or having attained eighty years of age, fully retired into a country life with abundant time for meditation and writing\u2014and for occasional welcome commissions such as Taiwan: A History of Agonies.<\/p>\n

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Preface \/ Ng Chiau-tong (\u9ec3\u662d\u5802)
\nPreface \/ Ong Meiri (\u738b\u660e\u7406)
\nSome Remarks on Changes in Ong Iok-tek\u2019s Recognition of Indigenous People of Taiwan \/ Kondo Aya (\u8fd1\u85e4\u7dbe)
\nExplanatory Note
\nPreliminary Remarks
\nIntroduction A Stormy Situation Facing Taiwan<\/p>\n

Chapter 1 A LAND OF FATEFUL PAST\u2014In search of a new world
\n1. Taiwan: How it was so named
\n2. Of Pirate Families
\n3. Hardships: It all began in the Penghu Islands
\n4. Japan\u2019s Ambition
\n5. The Tragedy of Indigenes<\/p>\n

Chapter 2 A NEW WORLD YET INCOMPLETE\u2014Dutch period (1624-1661)
\n1. Dutch Rule
\n2. Footsteps of the Spaniards up North
\n3. Transit Trade Boomed
\n4. The Indigenes under Control
\n5. The Early Honeymoon Period
\n6. Taiwanese Society under Dutch Rule
\n7. Kuo Huai-i\u2019s Rebellion<\/p>\n

Chapter 3 KOXINGA: HIS BRIGHT AND DARK SIDES\u2014Cheng period (1661-1683)
\n1. The Cheng: A prototype of the Kuomintang regime
\n2. Flight to Taiwan
\n3. The Cheng: Its nature
\n4. The Cheng: Its inner conflict
\n5. Resistance or Truce?
\n6. The Harshest Demand Ever<\/p>\n

Chapter 4 A PILE OF BLOOD AND SWEAT\u2014Qing period (1683-1895)
\n1. \u201cIsolate Dangerous Elements\u201d
\n2. Heading for Taiwan in Droves
\n3. The Life of the Pioneers
\n4. Corrupt and Incompetent Officials of the Qing Court
\n5. \u201cMinor Rebellion Every Three Years,Major Rebellion Every 5 Years\u201d
\n6. \u201cFactionalism and Feuding\u201d
\n7. Fu-chien\u2019s Colony
\n8. Land and People beyond Qing\u2019s Rule
\n9. The Taiwan Strait\u2014History\u2019s Watershed<\/p>\n

Chapter 5 NO ONE BUT TAIWANESE\u2014Republic of Formosa (1895)
\n1. Forsaken Before You Knew
\n2. The Nature of the Republic of Formosa
\n3. Qing\u2019s Soldiers and Taiwanese<\/p>\n

Chapter 6 IN THE VORTEX OF MODERNIZATION\u2014The Japan colonial period (1895-1945)
\n1. What Did the Japanese Inherit
\n2. Successful Colonial Rule
\n3. Some Comparisons: Vertical and horizontal
\n4. Hopeless Armed Resistance
\n5. A Thorough Carrot-and-Stick Policy
\n6. Chien Ta-shih and Ch\u2019en Ch\u2019iu-chu
\n7. A Superstitious \u201cConspiracy\u201d
\n8. Lin Hsien-t\u2019ang and Overseas Students
\n9. Ideals and Realities of the Culture Society
\n10. \u201cWhat\u2019s Wrong about Becoming a Japanese?\u201d
\n11. Division in Prosperity
\n12. Taiwan Communist Party and its Counterparts in Japan and China
\n13. Criticisms and Evaluations of the Two Japanese Scholars
\n14. Agonizing while Transfiguring<\/p>\n

Chapter 7 ALL-OUT CONFRONTATION WITH THE CHINESE\u2014Kuomintang period (1945-1963)
\n1. Dogs Gone; Pigs Come
\n2. The Great 2.28 Rebellion
\n3. The League for Re-liberation of Taiwan in Hong Kong
\n4. Fleeing to Taiwan
\n5. Great Oppression and Wu Kuo-chen\u2019s Downfall
\n6. A Refugee Regime; A House of Contradictions
\n7. Land Reform in Disguise
\n8. The Trick of \u201cCounterattack\u201d
\n9. An Ugly Face behind the Mask
\n10. Ultimate Struggle
\n11. Lei Chen and Opposition Party Movement
\n12. Overseas Independence Movements
\n13. Between the United States and the Kuomintang Regime
\n14. Between Chinese Communists and the Kuomintang<\/p>\n

Chapter 8 FROM 1960\u2019s to 1970\u2019s\u20141964~
\n1. Harassed from Within and Without
\n2. The Vietnam War and the Cultural Revolution
\n3. The Advance of Japanese Capital in Taiwan
\n4. Chiang Ching-kuo and the P\u2019eng Ming-min Incident<\/p>\n

Concluding Chapter Taiwan\u2019s Independence
\nTHE HISTORY OF TAIWAN SINCE 1970 ONWARD \/ Ong Meiri
\nTRANSLATOR\u2019S NOTE \/ SHIMAMURA Yasuharu
\nCHRONOLOGY
\nINDEX<\/p>\n

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