Kuo Hsueh-hu 郭雪湖, Festival on South Street (1930) In this famous painting of South Street 南街 ( today's south section of 'Dihua' 迪化 street ), two shops on each side identify Taiwan (products) during Japanese rule - 1. 高砂  Takasago  (  papaya candy 木瓜糖) - right side 2. 蓬萊 Ponlai  (Dajia 大甲 rush straw crafts) - left side Becoming Taiwanese Ethnogenesis in a Colonial City, 1880s to 1950s Evan Dawley What does it mean to be Taiwanese? This question sits at the heart of Taiwan’s modern history and its place in the world. In contrast to the prevailing scholarly focus on Taiwan after 1987,  Becoming Taiwanese   examines the important first era in the history of Taiwanese identity construction during the early twentieth century, in the place that served as the crucible for the formation of new identities: the northern port city of Jilong (Keelung). Part colonial urban social history, part exploration of the relationship between modern ethnicity and nationalism, ...

Chiu ( 丘/ 邱 )  Genealogy Book Source with permission Chiu Feng-chia   丘逢甲  Taiwanese descendant  丘 and 邱 Pronounce and belong to the same historical clan (hau Cantonese, qiu Mandarin, chiu Taiwanese, thu Vietnamese)-  NOTE difference in writing -  one with a right radical 'ear'  阝 ,  forcefully placed upon by Qing Yongzheng  雍正 Emperor.    WHEN and WHY is a fascinating history to tell. And apparently it's all because of  Confucius 孔 丘 ! 邱 逢甲 (Calligraphy by Chiu Feng-chia) 丘 逢甲 (Calligraphy by Chiu Feng-chia) In a recent dialogue with   Brian Hioe 丘 琦欣 of the New Bloom - I asked him two questions, he had answer for neither but was interested and curious enough to respond in some excitement. Brian, by the way, not only spells (Hioe) but also writes his last name uncommonly, at least unfamiliar to general Taiwanese folks. In fact, he is the only person I know of uses his last name in this fashion - Chiu 丘 (without...