Did you know?
1. Joseph Stalin saved Chinese characters. (um… sort of)
2. In Qing-era Taiwan, two men sometimes SHARED a wife!
3. John has done 10 episodes of our other podcast, “Bookish Asia.”
4. Plum Rain Press, the new publishing arm of Formosa Files, is about to release an epic historical novel by Dr. Chen Yao-chang 陳耀昌, the man behind the Netflix series Seqalu.
This week John and Eryk wander around a bit, give you some info, tell a few cool stories, and have a laugh or two in one of Formosa Files’ every-now-and-then “Bits and Pieces” episodes.
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