Formosa Magazine

Formosa Magazine

Traditional	美麗島雜誌
Mandarin	Měilìdǎo Zázhì
Hokkien	Bí-lē-tó Cha̍p-chì
Literally	beautiful island magazine
Premiere issue of Formosa Magazine, dated 16 August 1979
Chief Editor	Chang Chün-hung (張俊宏)
General Manager	Shi Ming-teh (施明德)
Editor	Hsu Hsin-liang (許信良)
Editor	Annette Lu (呂秀蓮)
Circulation Manager	Lin Yi-hsiung (林義雄)
Frequency	Monthly
Format	21cm
Publisher	Huang Hsin-chieh (黃信介)
Total circulation (1979)	140,000
First issue	16 August 1979
Final issue — Number	November 1979 Vol 1 No 4[1]
Country	Taiwan
Language	(Taiwanese Mandarin)
OCLC number	7186174

Formosa Magazine (Chinese: 『美麗島』雜誌; pinyin: Měilìdǎo Zázhì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bí-lē-tó Cha̍p-chì) was a magazine created by Tangwai individuals in Taiwan during the summer of 1979. It opposed the Kuomintang's political monopoly in the Republic of China government. A police raid of the Formosa Press caused the Kaohsiung Incident in December 1979.

There were 61 participants; less than ten were truly active, namely,

• Huang Hsin-chieh (黃信介), publisher
• Chang Chün-hung (張俊宏), chief editor
• Shi Ming-teh (施明德), general manager^[2]
• Hsu Hsin-liang (許信良), editor^[3]
• Annette Lu (呂秀蓮), editor
• Lin Yi-hsiung (林義雄), circulation manager^[4]
• Yao Chia-wen (姚嘉文), circulation controller^[5]

The opening celebration took place in Mandarina Crown Hotel (中泰賓館) in the afternoon of September 8, 1979.^[1] A blockade by the military ensued, sometimes known as the Mandarina Crown Hotel Incident. For the next three months until the raid, branches were opened throughout Taiwan. Opening were followed by speeches and conferences.

References

1. Hsu, Chien-Jung (2014). The Construction of National Identity in Taiwan's Media, 1896-2012. Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV. pp. 88–89. ISBN 978-90-04-22770-5. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
2. "Dissidents' trial ends with plea for reform". The Age. Melbourne. 31 March 1980. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
3. Woodruff, Cathy (7 July 1986). "2 Taiwanese Seek Allies For Opposition Party". Schenectady Gazette. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
4. "Dissident's Mother, 2 Daughters Are Killed". Toledo Blade. Reuter. 29 February 1980. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
5. McDonald, Hamish (3 April 1980). "On trial in Taiwan". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2015.

External links

• "Formosa Incident" (requires Flash). Taiwan Government Archives. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
• "The "Kaohsiung Incident" of 1979". New Taiwan. 26 May 2001. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
• Tsai, Duujian (2002). "3. Shifting National Identities in Public Spheres: A Cultural Account of Political Transformation in Taiwan". In Katz, Paul; Rubinstein, Murray. Religion and the Formation of Taiwanese Identities. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 73–76. ISBN 978-0312239695. OCLC 50745132. Retrieved 29 January 2015.