<p>Huang Chin-tao (黃金島) was never a household name, but his life story is the story of modern Taiwan. In this concluding episode, we follow Huang from the 2.28 uprising in 1947 as he joins a resistance group led by a rare combination: a Taiwanese woman communist guerrilla commander, Xie Xuehong, whom we&#39;ve dubbed Agent &quot;Red Snow.&quot; After fighting bravely but losing the Battle of Wuniulan Bridge in Nantou, Huang becomes a fugitive and then spends more than two decades in Taiwan’s prisons. There is, however, finally some happiness: a few years after being released, he found love and became a political activist in what would become Taiwan&#39;s first real opposition party. For this tale of resistance, survival, and a regular man’s refusal to be broken by history, we drew on Anna Beth Keim’s excellent biography <a href="https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/heaven-does-not-block-all-roads/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>Heaven Does Not Block All Roads</em>.</a></p>

The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files

John Ross and Eryk Michael Smith

The Extraordinary Life of Huang Chin-tao (Part 2) – S6-E3

MAR 26, 202625 MIN
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files

The Extraordinary Life of Huang Chin-tao (Part 2) – S6-E3

MAR 26, 202625 MIN

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<p>Huang Chin-tao (黃金島) was never a household name, but his life story is the story of modern Taiwan. In this concluding episode, we follow Huang from the 2.28 uprising in 1947 as he joins a resistance group led by a rare combination: a Taiwanese woman communist guerrilla commander, Xie Xuehong, whom we&#39;ve dubbed Agent &quot;Red Snow.&quot; After fighting bravely but losing the Battle of Wuniulan Bridge in Nantou, Huang becomes a fugitive and then spends more than two decades in Taiwan’s prisons. There is, however, finally some happiness: a few years after being released, he found love and became a political activist in what would become Taiwan&#39;s first real opposition party. For this tale of resistance, survival, and a regular man’s refusal to be broken by history, we drew on Anna Beth Keim’s excellent biography <a href="https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/heaven-does-not-block-all-roads/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>Heaven Does Not Block All Roads</em>.</a></p>