Isle of Time
Democratic Deepening, Transitional Justice, and Taiwanese Identity (2000–Present)

New Formosa

12 Volumes

Vol. 1

The First Party Turnover

By the late 1990s, Taiwan's political landscape stood at an unprecedented crossroads. More than half...

Vol. 2

The SARS Storm

In the spring of 2003, an unprecedented new coronavirus slipped quietly into Taiwan from abroad, and...

Vol. 3

Taipei 101

On December 31, 2004, as the New Year's bells rang out over Taipei's Xinyi district, a skyscraper re...

Vol. 4

Cross-Strait Dynamics

Entering the twenty-first century, the Taiwan Strait once again became one of the most closely watch...

Vol. 5

One Island, One Day

On January 5, 2007, the Taiwan High Speed Rail officially entered service. From that day, streamline...

Vol. 6

A Letter from the Cape

In the summer of 2008, a domestic film set against the backdrop of Hengchun in Pingtung — Cape No. 7...

Vol. 7

Sunflowers in the Chamber

On the night of March 18, 2014, a group of students and citizens climbed over the walls, broke throu...

Vol. 8

Treasures Beneath the Skies

On December 28, 2015, the Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum officially opened for trial ...

Vol. 9

Love Without Distinction

On May 17, 2019, Taiwan's Legislative Yuan passed on its third reading the Enforcement Act of Judici...

Vol. 10

Transitional Justice

When martial law was lifted in 1987 and the ban on new political parties and newspapers followed, Ta...

Vol. 11

The Voices of the Land

Entering the twenty-first century, Taiwanese society gradually awoke to a profound crisis: the mothe...

Vol. 12

Taiwanese Identity — Who Am I?

"Are you Taiwanese, Chinese, or both?" This deceptively plain survey question, first posed systemati...