THE SECRET HISTORY OF TAIWAN
The common version of Taiwan history goes like this: Taiwan was once a province of China. At the end of the Civil War, Chiang Kai-shek’s nationalist forces fled there and that’s how it ended up out of CCP control.
Let's examine what really happened🧵 Until the 1600s, Taiwan was ruled by warring Aboriginal tribes. Many made a custom of headhunting and decorating their villages with impressive skull walls. The coast was occasionally visited by Chinese and Japanese pirates hiding out from their governments.