BOOK REVIEW | 'The Meiji Japanese Who Made Modern Taiwan' by Toshio Watanabe
Translated by Robert D. Eldridge, the book tells the remarkable story of how Meiji Japan contributed its best engineers to the modernization of Taiwan.
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Translated by Robert D. Eldridge, the book tells the remarkable story of how Meiji Japan contributed its best engineers to the modernization of Taiwan.
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