What's up, Taiwan

speaking of TAIWAN, of course we cannot miss this topic, delicious food, snacks, dishes on this island. the first we chose for you, is pearl milk tea, which may represent Taiwan. have you even tried it?

you may hear many podcasts talking about food, sightseeing spots, even the difficult political issues on this island; we wanna present a topic which might be not noticed usually, art. enjoy the introduction of an old gallery in Taiwan.

The band we are going to introduce today, it was invited by the very first female Taiwanese President, Cai Ying Wen, in history, to write a theme song for the election, named Zu Xin Yong Gan, Lan E Mia (confidence and bravery, it’s our name), in 2019.

the Zheng Xiang band, a hakka composer, writing songs about all phenomenon in our society. his works feature through using local traditional instruments and the hakka lyrics.

a music live house in taichung, which provides a place for a bunch of indie bands to perform their works. the new location is really near the taichung train station, if you visit this city, don't miss it!

a rare music style of Taiwanese indie bands in Formosa, a band full of joy and merriment. you must listen to their songs!

Vast & Hazy, came back on stage with two-membered style. the vocal, Da Ka, her clear voice, collocating with various guitar tone; let's listen to their amazing works.

Taiwanese puppets show is a part of our culture. Though those puppets are not just for amazing plays, also for blessing ceremony in lunar February. Let's take a look on Ban Xian, the first time praying to the Earth God in a new year. Take a look on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=772d8TNKf-4

another Taichung local band, which was invited to Japan for having a tour performance. They are "The Broken Flowers."

today, we don't talk about real history parts, just making a formal ending of history series; and doing small talks to make the world learn that, Taiwan is NEVER a part of China. on the contrast, Taiwan authority has the position to claim that. Nevertheless, we, Taiwanese in new generations, merely want to make clear, P.R.C is China and R.O.C is Taiwan. This is the solid fact that the world shouldn't ignore and deny. 520, the day our Xiao Ying President takes office, for another term, ya~

What do you think, Taiwan is a prat of China or not? Or, what do you know about this point of view?

Why could Chinag Kai Shek take over this island where he didn't want to come at the beginning? A rumor according to old files says he planned to Philippines; on the other hand, he didn't want to move to Taiwan at first.

Before we're going to the end of History Episode which might be a bit solemn and serious, let's listen to some nice melody before it comes. The Bike, a local band in Taichung City, a halfway point in Taiwan, they perform a brisk tune for our hometown.

we lived under "White Terror" period for 38 years; perhaps that's why Taiwanese always claim human rights so much nowadays.

the martial law began, the white terror period began

Who is KMT? or shall we say, WHAT KMT is.

Zhuo Shui Xi Gong She, the abbreviation is LTK, a Taiwanese band founded in 1898. Their lyrics mainly state the social chaos, unemployment, difficulty from working places, the lament for social movements, and care about people living at the bottom of social. Their music contains hardcore, punk, noise pop, grassroot, folk music and Nakasi elements. They regard themselves as ‘Taiwanese Rock’. In fact, Zhuo Shui Xi is the longest river in Taiwan, following in the middle area of Taiwan, watering the crops which can feed all people on this island.

the social circumstance in Taiwan after Japan started WW2

how did Japan treat their first colony, Taiwan, when they planned to start the WW2

before the WW2 started, Taiwanese drama, literature and popular songs were pretty booming on this island.

the WW1 ended; new nationalism aroused around the world. Taiwanese intellectuals started to lead people to learn more about new countries structure.

Taiwan indie band, No Parties for Cao Dong. A band of new generation, which arouse rapidly in a couple of years. What's the charm of their compositions?

Japan planted lots of rice in Taiwan to save the food shortage in Japan, and built the first bank on this island

Japanese Governor in Taiwan started to construct this island, yet all for making money or preparation for the war, not for people living on this island.

Finally, Japan Governor started to structure this island, yet still for making money, not for people living on the island.

Let's learn How Japan treated indigenous on this island and why you can see many remains during Japan period

Let's learn about Taiwanese Heavy Metal Music!

How did Japan dominate their first colony at the beginning

Japanese military arrived Taiwan in 1895, the scene of the first year on this island.

Qing Dynasty got Taiwan for 212 years. They kept the passive attitude on management, but why they started to construct this island?

How did the Qing Dynasty divide the most original TAIWANESE, the indigenous, into Shen and Shui Fan

Qing Dynasty ruled this island passively, caused lots of unrests happening in Taiwan

Buddha Jump, the vocal - Penny Tai comes form Malaysia, founded this band. Please stay tuned till the last minutes after our conversation~~~

Qing took the advice from Shi-lang, though did Qing really want to manage this island?

Last time we were on where Han people came from. We talk about how Han gather together, and how Qing divided indigenous into Sheng Fan and Shiu Fan.

Finally~~~ we are presenting something exciting, the Taiwan Indie Music. Of course, the first band I wanna show you is my favorite, TOLAKU. Due to the copyrights of their works, I just, only, could play a short part of one song, in the end of this episode. If you are eager to listen more, welcome to email me, I will give you some awesome links.

Shi-lang got Taiwan for Qing, though Qing didn't long for manage this small island.

Before we introduce good Taiwan indie music, we must brief a little bit how it came in Taiwanese society. If you like our podcast, don't forget subscribe it on iOS Podcast or SoundClouds, thank you.

How Qing got Taiwan, and who attacked Zheng household

we talked how Zheng Cheng Gong won the war with Dutch, and his death tight after that.

sorry for one week late, cause I was in Japan last Wednesday. Here's the new episode, enjoy it. Thank you.

History E3, Dutch and Spanish in Taiwan by What's up, Taiwan

History series, Episode 2! Thank you for listening to our podcast, if there's anything you wanna know about Taiwan, you can connect with us by email, whatuptaiwan@gmail.com. Thank you so much.

This is our first show on the air, forgive our fumbling... Hope it can entertain you and let you guys know our country, TAIWAN, better! If there's anything you want to know, don't be hesitate to tell us. Thank you~