Re-connecting the Netherlands and Taiwan in the 1970s-90s: Leonard Blussé and Y.C. Lo

The 1970s-90s were a period of re-engagement between the Netherlands and Taiwan after some 300 years of very limited interaction. The emergence of Taiwan, and East Asia as a whole, as a major center of economic activity was an important factor in this process. This was also a period in which a new awareness emerged of the history of Dutch-Taiwanese ties in the seventeenth century.

Book chapter by Frans-Paul van der Putten in: Mila Davids et al., Since 1624: Taiwanese-Dutch Connections, Eindhoven 2024.