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Wellesley Historical Society Speaker Series—”The Struggle for Taiwan”
November 17 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
EVENT: Speaker Series
SPEAKER: Sumann Wasif Khan
TITLE: “The Struggle for Taiwan: The History of America, China, and the Island Caught in Between”
DATE: Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024
LOCATION: Wellesley Free Library, 530 Washington St.
COST: Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
DESCRIPTION: As tensions over Taiwan escalate, the United States and China stand on the brink of a catastrophic war. Resolving the impasse demands we understand how it began. In 1943, the Allies declared that Japanese-held Taiwan would return to China at the conclusion of World War II. The Chinese civil war led to a change of plans. The Communist Party came to power in China and the defeated Nationalist leader, Chiang Kai-shek, fled to Taiwan, where he was afforded US protection. The specter of conflict has loomed ever since.
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