Qiu Fengjia - Taiwanese or Chinese Nationalist?

Published: Dec. 9, 2023, 8:35 a.m.

Today, we look at Qiu Fengjia, a Taiwanese-born Mandarin, who, in 1895, upon hearing that Taiwan had been given to Japan as a part of the Treaty of Shiminoseki, wrote a poem expressing his sadness and confusion. We discuss that poem and Qiu's larger legacy.\xa0