“China’s Titanic” (1949) & The Cruise That Ended in Cremation (1994) - S5-E11

The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files · May 1, 2025 · 26m

Often called “China’s Titanic,” the 1949 sinking of the Taiping claimed over 1,000 lives as desperate refugees fled Shanghai for Taiwan. Forty-five years later, another tragedy struck: 24 Taiwanese tourists were brutally murdered during a pleasure cruise on China’s Qiandao Lake. The deaths and the clumsy, heartless Chinese cover-up caused outrage in Taiwan. In this episode, Formosa Files is revisiting two haunting shipping disasters that reveal the human cost of war, exile, and political mistrust across the Taiwan Strait. We put a lot of effort into our WEBSITE... that's the place to go for…