The Taiwan edition of Island X is out, published by Linking Books 聯經出版 and available for purchases here. It’s a … More
Tag: Taiwanese/American
Review of Island X in American Historical Review
By Shelley Lee “In the book Island X, Wendy Cheng offers a history of Taiwanese migrant students in the United States … More
Special Issue of Taiwan Insight: “Student Migrants, Campus Spies and Island X”
Edited by Chee-Hann Wu INTRODUCTION TO ISLAND X Written by Wendy Cheng. WENDY CHENG’S “ISLAND X” IS ESSENTIAL READING FOR TAIWANESE … More
Politico: “One Book, Three Questions”
By Phelim Kine The Book: Island X: Taiwanese Student Migrants, Campus Spies and Cold War Activism The Author: Wendy Cheng is chair of … More
Review: The X factor
The history of KMT student spies and their victims resonates in contemporary era By James Baron / Contributing reporter There … More
Interview: 黨國特務眼線下 那一段台灣意識在美國萌芽的歷史 [Campus Spies and the History of the Formation of Taiwanese Consciousness in the US]
By Hans Lin (Central News Agency, Taiwan) 一張44年前泛黃的黑白照片，20幾個台灣留學生的笑容穿越了時空，凝結在一本2023年出版專書封面，作者鄭昕是照片裡兩歲幼兒。她花12年時間寫成這本書，要為父母一代「最獨特的一群台灣人」留下歷史。 Read the full article here.
ISLAND X available now
Island X: Taiwanese Student Migrants, Campus Spies, and Cold War Activism is available now from University of Washington Press and … More
Review: ‘Wendy Cheng’s “ISLAND X” is essential reading for Taiwanese Americans’
By Leona Chen As editor-in-chief of TaiwaneseAmerican.org, I try to adhere to a level of curatorial prudence and precision of … More
Against Empire: Taiwan, American Studies, and the Archipelagic
Chih-ming Wang and I coedited a timely forum, “Against Empire: Taiwan, American Studies, and the Archipelagic,” published in the current issue of … More
The Bold and Unruly Legacy of Chen Wen-Chen
July 2, 2021 Article published in New Bloom Magazine IT WAS THE summer of 1975. The two young Taiwanese men, Rocky … More
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