I discovered the book Formosa Betrayed (1965) by American diplomat George H. Kerr, in June 2025, after watching the iconic Taiwanese film A City of Sadness (1989) at the Melbourne Taiwan Film Festival (reviewed HERE). I then acquired a digital copy of the book (2017 edition by Camphor Press) during the 2025 Warm Winter Read, but reading progress has been slow.
At the time I realised there was a Chinese translation of Kerr’s Formosa Betrayed in 1973, which was widely circulated among Taiwanese communities overseas but was banned in Taiwan. I also learned that in 2016, the Taiwan Association of University Professors published a new and better Chinese translation of Kerr’s book. I contacted the Association in June 2025, but they said that edition has since been out of print.
Imagine my surprise today, when I received an email from the Association about the launch of a crowdfunding project in Taiwan aiming to publish a revised Chinese edition of Formosa Betrayed later this year. I will definitely try to get a copy of the new book.
Voices under the Sun 陽光下的聲音 