Title:   Taiwan's Post-Colonial History: From Taiwan: From Retrocession 光復 / 接收 through Lee Teng-hui  李登輝 (1945-2000)

Speaker:   Steven Phillips (Towson University)

Topic/Issues:  

1. Taiwan's "return to the Motherland"
2. Role in the Chinese Civil War (1945-1949)
3. Contested legacy of "2-2-8"
4. "Free China" during the Cold War
5. Political initiatives of Chiang Ching-kuo
6. "Taiwanization" of the KMT under Lee Teng-hui

Resources:

1. Taiwan: Historical Background and Current Events
2. PPT: Post-War Taiwan

Readings:

1. contested visions of the Cairo Declaration

Goals:

1. [tbd]