A record of the Ankang Reception Room — still owned by the Investigation Bureau, not open to the public, and the best-preserved White Terror interrogation facility in Taiwan. Notable figures like Chen Chu and Bo Yang were interrogated here.
A record of the Investigation Bureau Headquarters from the TJC's 'Walking Through Hell' tour. Originally a modernist Japanese-colonial villa on the Wanhua riverfront, it was seized after 1949 and became the bureau's main base — where some political prisoners were brought for interrogation.
A record of the Dalongdong Detention Room from the Transitional Justice Commission's 'Walking Through Hell' tour of Taiwan's White Terror-era injustice sites — including what an 'injustice site' means, what dark tourism is, and the current state of these places.
Should zoos exist at all? Many people say no — but after an in-person visit to the Taipei Zoo with expert guide Zhang Dongjun, my thinking shifted. Zoos serve purposes beyond education: breeding programs, genetic preservation, and rescue. When releasing every animal to the wild is impossible, the question isn't whether zoos should exist — it's how to improve animal welfare inside them.