Years before the end of the Japanese Rule of Taiwan (1895-1945), the writer Wu Chuo-liu started writing the semi-autobiographical novel Orphan of Asia. The protagonist Hu Tai-ming is a young Taiwanese intellectual drifting between the mainland, Taiwan, and Japan during colonial rule. Suffering from the turbulent historical period and identity crisis, he finally lost his … Continue reading Lyrics: The Orphan of Asia by Lo Ta-yu 羅大佑《亞細亞的孤兒》