BEIJING, October 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Men forget and history neglects. But history is not, and should not become, a blank page on which one can write at will, because there are courageous individuals like the writer Lan Bozhou, who deeply loves Taiwan, but who also has a deep understanding of the suffering endured by the Chinese nation. The writer dedicated half his life to saving an era of “deliberately forgotten” individuals in Taiwan’s modern history. It is an era that represents the historical imprint of Chinese people on both sides of the strait, who united against foreign aggression with their flesh and blood during the 1950s. Through its collection and documentation, we learn that some young people from Taiwan traveled thousands of miles to the mainland to fight against the Japanese invasion. They were well-educated and put everything on the line – in the name of their ideals, for the motherland – for the dignity and future of the Chinese nation, even at the cost of their lives.
From Lan Bozhou’s perspective, CGTN traces and documents the story of Wu Sihan, a young Taiwanese who, more than eighty years ago, embarked on a solitary thousand-kilometer journey from the island to the mainland to join the war of resistance against Japanese aggression. Born into a wealthy family and an excellent student, Wu was determined to return to the mainland to contribute to the war effort. He undertook an arduous trek alone: crossing the Tsushima Strait, crossing the Korean Peninsula, and crossing the Yalu River. After traveling for more than a year, he finally reached Chongqing, then the provisional capital of wartime China.
“Why was a young person from that era in Taiwan so determined? What made him abandon a life of comfort and privilege to return to the war-torn mainland and join the resistance? Who exactly was Wu Sihan?” It was with these questions that the CGTN film crew joined Lan Bozhou on a journey to retrace Wu’s own epic quest from over eighty years ago – his personal odyssey in search of his homeland.
CGTN documentary “Restoring Taiwan History” tells a story about ideals and eternal patriotism. No matter how wide the Taiwan Strait is, it cannot surpass the shared determination of a single nation; Even if times change, they cannot alter the deep sense of national identity that flows through the veins of the Chinese people.
SOURCE CGTN
