Taiwan Through Time

Sep 24 2024 39 ep. 43 mins 7
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This podcast series journeys through the history of the island of Taiwan, its people and its politics over the centuries, up to the present day.

  History  Education
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The Ming Broken

Sep 24 2024 32 mins  
On the 25th April, 1644, Beijing fell to the forces of Li Zicheng. Who was he, how did he rise to power and how did he lose the capital in under two months?

Taiwan Society

May 11 2024 69 mins  
A short introduction to what Taiwanese society is like from the perspective of a foreigner.

Episode 29 - Hong Taiji

Feb 19 2024 31 mins  
We look at the second Khan of the Jin Dynasty, some of the changes he makes to his empire and the renaming of the Jin as the Qing Dynasty.

Episode 28 - Banner System & Ningyuan

Jan 02 2024 31 mins  
We look at the Nurhaci's Banner System, how policies within the Jin Dynasty began changing as the Jurchen people fell on hard times and the important Battle of Ningyuan or Níngyuǎn Zhī Zhàn.

Episode 27 - Nurhaci

Dec 05 2023 30 mins  
Nurhaci came from the Jurchen tribes of Manchuria, north east of China. In a parallel of King Phillip II of Macedon, Nurhaci unified his people and reworked them into a devastatingly effective military force.

Episode 26 - Zheng Zhilong's Son

Oct 25 2023 25 mins  
Zheng Chenggong (known to the West as Koxinga) would play a significant role in Taiwan's history. To understand this character better, it's important that we look at elements of his childhood and the political structure of the world around him.

Belizean Perspective, Part 2

Aug 29 2023 52 mins  
This is the second half of my interview with Marci in which we discuss being a university student in Taiwan and talk about her experiences of Taiwan.

Belizean Perspective, Part 1

Aug 20 2023 56 mins  
I'm joined by a lovely young lady called Marci who is from Belize, but studying in Taiwan. This is the first half of her interview in which our focus is mainly upon Belize.

Football

Jul 23 2023 56 mins  
I am joined by Matt from Master Football Academy Taiwan who shares his insights on the emerging football culture in Taiwan and how this sport is gaining popularity. There are also tangents, naturally.

Episode 25 - Spanish vs Dutch

Jun 20 2023 59 mins  
As the Spanish governor-general of Manila, Corcuera, drains the Hermosan colony of men and resources to use elsewhere in the East, it leaves the Keelung (Jilung) colony vulnerable to Dutch attack.