Season 1 episodes2025-11-22

Season 1

A documentary series tracing Taiwan's 400-year journey through Indigenous history, colonization, migration, conflict, authoritarian rule, democratization, and the forces that shaped the island today.

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Episodes

Season 1

Episode 1

The First People

Episode 2

Pirates, Priests & Profit

Episode 3

The Ming Loyalist

Episode 4

Empires Edge: The Settler & The State

Episode 5

The Rising Sun: Taiwan Under Japan

11m

Season 1

Season 1

The First People

Pirates, Priests & Profit

The Ming Loyalist

Empires Edge: The Settler & The State

The Rising Sun: Taiwan Under Japan

The Long Silence: White Terror & Martial Law

Two Chinas, One Island

The Island Awakens: Taiwan's Road to Democracy

The Silicon Shield

The Edge of the Map