S4-E23 - Taiwan’s President in Exile – Thomas Liao.

<p>This forgotten father of Taiwan democracy sacrificed his comfortable life (he came from a rich family and had a PhD from the US in Chemical Engineering) to fight for Taiwanese independence in the post-WW2 decades. </p> <p><br></p> <p>In 1956 he was elected president of the Japan-based Republic of Taiwan Provisional Government. In some ways, he also sacrificed his Chinese-American wife and children. So, when his American granddaughter Kim Liao was growing up, Thomas Liao was almost never mentioned. </p> <p><br></p> <p>In this episode, John talks to Kim about uncovering her mysterious family history, the...