Taiwanese pop culture

From Teresa Teng to Chiung Yao: Taiwan’s lost age of cultural sway over mainland China

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From Teresa Teng to Chiung Yao: Taiwan’s lost age of cultural sway over mainland China

When news broke earlier this month of the death of Taiwanese writer Chiung Yao, mainland fan Nicole Li was flooded with childhood memories of watching TV dramas based on Yao’s work. “I can almost recite the lines and plots of My Fair Princess and Romance in the Rain,” 30-year-old Li said, referring to mainland-Taiwanese co-productions … Read more

Why China’s Taiwan-pop generation are drifting away from the island

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Why China’s Taiwan-pop generation are drifting away from the island

For the broader cohort that once might have once felt a connection to the island, cross-strait travel is not an option because of strained relations between the two sides. The result has been less people-to-people contact, and now many young mainland Chinese raised on Taiwanese pop culture say cross-strait tensions, the pandemic and stereotypes have … Read more