Taipei Times 
Date: Sep 24, 2017
By: Peng Wan-hsin and Jonathan Chin  /  Staff reporter, with staff writer

The Taiwan National Treasure initiative, which aims to create an online archive of official US documents about Taiwan, is up and running.

The Web site, www.nationaltreasure.tw, was launched on Sept. 11.

The materials obtained from the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) construct a history of Taiwan from a US perspective, project coleader Lin Yu-cheng (林育正) said on Tuesday.

They enable Taiwanese readers to view themselves from a different vantage point and challenge historical narratives created by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) during its rule, Lin said.    [FULL  STORY]