About the Book
Free Formosa
The Beginning
This book documents the little-known story of how the Taiwan Independence (TI) movement came into being in Philadelphia in 1956 and the activities of the early organizations—Formosans’ Free Formosa (3F) and United Formosans for Independence (UFI)—during the first several years of the movement. The saga of 3F and UFI is part of the history of Taiwanese Americans as well as the history of Taiwan’s democratization. This volume contains many documents that have never been published.
Essays in this book repeatedly warn: An expansionist and chauvinistic China threatens America’s homeland and could trigger Armageddon, endangering the whole human race including the 1.4 billion Chinese. Another theme is that preservation of Taiwan’s freedom is indispensable to US homeland security and deterrence of a third World War.
