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Mar 14 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Forgotten Taiwan: Many Americans know about Gary Powers shot down over #Russia in a #U2 spy plane but few know about #ROC’s almost-suicidal Black Cat Squadron 黑貓中隊. It has the unenviable record of the highest airplane-loss ratio of any air squadron in history
#Taiwan #PRC Image In the early 1960’s the #CIA, anxious to gather data on China’s nuclear program, supplied Taiwan’s ROC Air Force with #U2 spy planes that were based in Taoyuan & flew #spy missions over #China & Asia. 13 of the squadron’s 19 U2’s were shot down or crashed killing 11 pilots. Image
Mar 12, 2024 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Taiwan History: Opium made up 74% of #British imports to Taiwan in the late 1800’s as seen by these figures from the ports of Takao 打狗 Kaohsiung & Tamshui 淡水. When #Japan took over Taiwan in 1895 there were possibly over 167,000 #opium addicts in #Taiwan. #DrugAbuse #history
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Image Japanese considered opium smoking as one of the "Three Vices" along with foot binding & the queue hairstyle that needed to be abolished in Taiwan. They were so successful in reducing opium usage that they ended up with excess production that they started exporting to #China
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