When Americans recall the U.S. military's role in wartime China, the names that surface are almost always the same: Claire L. Chennault, who led the legendary Flying Tigers, and Jo......
A trove of declassified Office of Naval Intelligence files reviewed at the U.S. National Archives in 2025 upends a durable assumption about Dai Li (戴笠), wartime director of Nationa......
More than 81 years have passed since Japan's surrender, yet one question about that moment continues to provoke debate: was there ever a realistic possibility that Zhu De (朱德), com......
A recent diplomatic slip-up has exposed a deeper issue for Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT): its leadership sometimes struggles to articulate the party's own rich history with Japanese co......
A recent examination of State Department records from 1949 housed at the U.S. National Archives illuminates a pivotal "what if" in modern history: Did the United States ever seriou......
On January 3rd, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, discussing an escalating confrontation with Iran, told reporters: “In the coming hours to days, we will unleash Chiang.” The ph......
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio signaled a massive escalation in the military campaign against Iran on Tuesday, telling reporters following congressional briefings that America......
Few figures loom as large over Taiwan's economic transformation as Yin Zhongrong(尹仲容). Long before Taiwan became synonymous with export manufacturing and high technology, Yin was a......