No banquet under heaven is endless. —Chinese proverb Its name means “beautiful,” but its history has been hard and ugly. The mountainous island of Formosa was devastated by 50 years of Japanese ...

On October 12, 1944, US carrier planes kicked off days of raids against Japanese forces on Formosa. The island, now called Taiwan, was a hub in a network of Japanese bases around the northwest Pacific ...

CONSUL DAVIDSON'S work on Formosa is a heavy quarto volume of 700 pages, in which the liberal use of small type indicates that its author has tried to pack as much as possible within a given space.

Temple with Thatch Roof (Became Temple Upon his Death) with Carved Wood Human Figures on Each Side Of Doorway and Raised Stone with Human Figure and Two Snakes China -- Formosa/Taiwan -- Formosa ...