The Taiwanese admiration for the Poles’ victorious fight with communism
A couple of days ago the newly elected president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen (to be sworn on May 20), when asked by one of the leading newspapers in Taiwan, “China Times”, about books that have impacted her the most, listed Witold Pilecki’s Report. – reports for Pressmania.pl the journalist Hanna Shen, who has been living in Taiwan for years now. And so when I’m asked “who reads the Report in Taiwan?” I can easily answer: “Taiwanese political elite”. The Captain’s story moves many regular Taiwanese people. When the media on the island reported the news about the funeral of col. Zygmunt Szendzielarz “Łupaszka”, one of the Internauts, a Taiwanese, wrote that he longs for the day when such a public funeral will be granted also to Witold Pilecki. I must confess that I did read these words with tears in my eyes… - Hanna Shen explains in her talk with Małgorzata Kupiszewska.
