Jottings from the Granite Studio

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The Historical Record for February 1, 2008: Koxinga and the liberation of Taiwan

February 1st, 2008 · 8 Comments

(This post was originally published last February 1 on the old site. But since the old site is blocked, and I’m crashing a few pre-Spring Festival deadlines, I’m putting it up again.)
Today marks the 345th 346th anniversary of the liberation of Taiwan from the Dutch by the Ming loyalist Zheng Chenggong (1624-1662), better known in [...]

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