Qiu Fengjia - Taiwanese or Chinese Nationalist?

Chinese Literature Podcast - A podcast by Rob and Lee Moore - Saturdays

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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.