Unearthing history: How the Formosa Church News grew from a missionary tool to a space for social commentary
Professor Niki Alsford unveils volumes of Taiwan’s Formosa Church News, a missionary publication that also became a platform for local voices, a tool for linguistic preservation, and a record of Taiwan’s evolving identity. In the world of archival research, every discovery feels like opening a time capsule. Recently, such a moment occurred at SOAS. Amongst the archival materials, four bound volumes of the Formosa Church News—the predecessor to Taiwan’s Taiwan Church News