Earlier this year when we were in Taiwan in January for the presidential election, I sat down to interview Dr. Linda Gail Arrigo, Ai Linda (艾琳達).
She talked about the era and events that precipitated the Kaohsiung incident aka Formosa Incident (on December 10, 1979) which is widely considered the watershed moment in history that led to Taiwan’s democratization. This is part one of a two-part interview.
Related Links:
Linda Gail Arrigo: https://www.linda-gail-arrigo.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Arrigo
American Military Assistance Advisory Group in Taiwan: https://shorturl.at/If1g7
Miss Saigon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Saigon
Double Ten Day in Taiwan (Republic of China): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_of_the_Republic_of_China
https://oftaiwan.org/culture/double-ten-day/
https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2011/10/100-years-of-history-behind-double-ten-day-of-the-r-o-c/
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party
Chiang Kai-shek: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Kai-shek
Mainland China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland_China
Mainlander: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainlander
General Claire Lee Chennault: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Lee_Chennault
Flying Tigers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Tigers
Watergate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal
Former U.S. President Richard Nixon: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/richard-m-nixon/
Peng Ming-min: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peng_Ming-min
Taiwan Alliance for Interculture: https://taiwaneseamericanhistory.org/blog/ourjourneys37-eng/
Lungshan temple: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangka_Lungshan_Temple
The 228 massacre: https://228massacre.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_28_incident
https://www.taiwandc.org/228-intr.htm
Taiwan’s Martial Law era: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law_in_Taiwan
White Terror Era in Taiwan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Terror_(Taiwan)
Chen Chu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Chu
Control Yuan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_Yuan
Vietnam war: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Protests against the Vietnam War: https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-protests
Taiwan Garrison Command: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Garrison_Command
Amnesty International: https://www.amnesty.org/en/
John King Fairbank: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_King_Fairbank
Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies: https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/
Taipei American School: https://www.tas.edu.tw/
Peng min-ming and 2 others published Taiwan Statement of Self redemption
Lynn Miles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Miles_(activist)
Veteran human rights activist Lynn Miles dies at 72: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2015/06/09/2003620262
Shih Ming-teh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shih_Ming-teh
Zhongli incident: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhongli_incident
Chiang Ching-kuo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Ching-kuo
Harvey Feldman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Feldman
Annette Lu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_Lu
The “Kaohsiung Incident” of 1979 (an article from Taiwan Communique): https://www.taiwandc.org/hst-1979.htm
Formosa Incident (an article from OFT- Outreach for Taiwan): https://oftaiwan.org/history/white-terror/formosa-incident/
Reports on the Kaohsiung Incident
Contemporary reports from 20 years ago shed light on the attitude of the authorities to the Incident’s aftermath (an article from the Taipei Times published in 1999): https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/1999/12/10/0000014313
Jingmei: https://www.nhrm.gov.tw/w/nhrmEN/Jing_Mei_Explore
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/james-carter/
Jimmy Carter, “Establishing Diplomatic Relations With China,” Dec. 15, 1978: https://china.usc.edu/jimmy-carter-%E2%80%9Cestablishing-diplomatic-relations-china%E2%80%9D-dec-15-1978
The Voice of Taiwan: https://youtu.be/VwkvoOlvvzM?si=XOpFfsmDNVZDvaAX
Formosa Magazine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formosa_Magazine
Whiplash (game played by kids): https://funandgames.org/whiplash/
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Dr. Mark Chen: Advocate for Taiwan in Both the U.S. and Taiwan (Episode 212): https://talkingtaiwan.com/dr-mark-chen-advocate-for-taiwan-in-both-the-u-s-and-taiwan-ep-212/
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