In Search of a Mixed Identity

In the heart of Tainan City is a park and a road named after Thng Tek-chiong, though most local citizens don’t know who he is. Thng Tek-chiong was born in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period. His father, a Japanese policeman, died when Thng was eight during an armed confrontation between locals and authorities. Following in his father’s footsteps, he joined the police force before becoming a lawyer. As a half-Taiwanese, half-Japanese man, Thng witnessed the injustices of colonization and spent his life searching for the truth of his identity.