Taiwan Docs

Attabu is a two-part story on the rise and fall of the LIN Family in Wufeng. The LINs sailed across the sea from China to Taiwan in 1746 and became one of the most powerful clans in Taiwan. Part II resumes from the defeat of China in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895, in which year Taiwan officially became Japan’s colony. Under Japanese rule, this influential family gradually disintegrated because the members failed to share the same political belief—some returned to China while others stayed in Taiwan to support the local self-government. The vast political turbulence in that period of time drastically changes the destiny of Taiwan and that of the LINs. Due to the active role the LIN family played in the local politics, their story provides a unique perspective to reexamine Taiwan’s modern history.