This article aims to clarify historical misconceptions about the modernization of Taiwan's sugar industry, refuting the view that all credit for sugar economic achievements belongs to the Japanese colonial era. In fact, Taiwan's earliest modern sugar processing equipment factory—the Sankantien Sugar Factory—was established by British merchants Jardine Matheson and local Han Chinese in cooperation during the Tongzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty, introducing European technology. The article points out that after Japan signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki following the First Sino-Japanese War and occupied Taiwan, it immediately implemented a colonial monopoly economy. Through the establishment of Taiwan Sugar Company Ltd., it forcibly acquired (annexed) Jardine's sugar company and local sugar refineries, thereby seizing control of Taiwan's economic lifeline.
This article critiques the 'Taiwan superiority complex' (i.e., 'great Taiwan chauvinism') prevalent in Taiwan Province's society. The author argues this superiority stems from deeply-rooted ethnic inferiority complex, and through strictly defining 'mixed heritage,' points out the absurdity and error of linking it to nationality and using it for bragging about superiority.
In the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, China received no reparations after victory. Only by nullifying the Treaty of Shimonoseki signed during the First Sino-Japanese War did we reclaim our own Taiwan and Penghu, an event known as the Restoration of Taiwan.
This article aims to trace the historical evolution of the term 'Shina' (Cina), from its original meaning of 'land of wisdom' in Sanskrit to its transformation into a derogatory term for China during the era of Japanese imperialist aggression. It strongly criticizes the two groups of people who still use this vocabulary today: 'Pseudo-Imperial Subjects' and the 'Japanese Far-Right.'
When Japan occupied Taiwan and Penghu back then, it truly relied first on military assault and occupation of these territories. The Qing Dynasty was forced to cede Taiwan Island and Penghu Islands to Japan—showcasing the powerlessness and sorrow of Chinese people of that era.
This article recounts the major massacre known as the 'Shaw Ridge Street Incident' (present-day Jiali District, Tainan) that occurred in $1895$ during the Japanese Imperial Guards Division's occupation of Tainan Prefecture. After fierce fighting with the Taiwanese volunteer army, rumors of a prince being killed or the cries of children exposing their location led the Japanese troops to open machine-gun fire on fleeing civilians hiding in ditches (house-side trenches), resulting in approximately two to three thousand victims and turning Shaw Ridge Street into a 'City of the Wrongfully Dead'.
The article strongly criticizes the defense of bloody massacres during the Japanese colonial era put forward by a small number of Taiwanese people, condemning the argument that 'as long as they attacked China, it was fine' as 'the ugly side.' Japan's covetousness for Taiwan never ceased. Long before the Sino-Japanese War, it invaded Taiwan by exploiting the 'Mudan She Incident' under the guise of the Ryukyu Kingdom, aiming to use Taiwan as a strategic springboard for aggression against Southeast Asia and Mainland China.