Threads
Themes that cross the eras
01
The Artists
From sculpture to cinema — Taiwanese artists who left their marks across four centuries.
02
Her Story
From Tungning to today — the women who held up half the island.
03
The Trailblazers
From crossing the strait to semiconductors — those who ventured out from nothing.
04
The Builders
From Liu Mingchuan to TSMC — the hands that built the island.
05
The Defiant
Four centuries, one refusal to kneel — the faces who rose against power.
06
Indigenous Histories
Four centuries of indigenous Taiwan — from Siraya manuscripts to recognition movements
07
Land & Ownership
Four centuries of territorial change and belonging
22 chapters
08
Language & Identity
Cultural struggles from indigenous languages to Mandarin campaigns
14 chapters
09
Sovereignty & Foreign Relations
Shifting sovereignty from Qing incorporation to cross-strait relations
19 chapters