Title: Remembering China from Taiwan
Description: When the Nationalists lost China in 1949, many of them left behind their families as they retreated to Taiwan. A half century later, through democratic elections, they lost control over Taiwan as well and began looking to a new and powerful China, where their relatives had grown rich, for a sense of identity and economic support, thus laying the groundwork for the growing integration between Taiwan and China. As exchanges across the Taiwan Strait increased, many separated families finally met after years of dreaming about each other in hope and in sorrow, through many eras and disast.
Subjects: Attitudes, War and families, Family relationships, Personal narratives, Refugees, History, China, history, 20th century, China, history, civil war, 1945-1949, Taiwan, politics and government
Places: Taiwan, China
Time periods: Civil War, 1945-1949, 20th century