White-chan in Taiwan - that old village 眷村 in Zuoying

眷村 is an unique part of Taiwan's history. When loads of 国民党 soldiers bring along their families from China to Taiwan in 1949, they thought it will be a short term thing. So they built these temporary houses and surround themselves with bamboo barriers to isolate themselves from the native Taiwanese. These villages are then called 眷村.

In Taiwan, you'll get conflicting information about 眷村. The 眷村 China Chinese will tell you how hard life was when their parents migrated to Taiwan, and they had to make do with whatever limited resources they have. The native Taiwanese will tell you how the 國民黨政府 gave these anti-social 眷村 all the special privileges instead of taking care of the local natives. It's definitely a A says B says. But applying that in Singapore now, isn't keeping all China people barred up in an area a better idea than to let them roam around dangerously with their reckless Ferraris? I would suggest Jurong Island. 

Anyway, at the 眷村文化馆, you could find some brief history from their side of the story, and some old items donated by their older generation which are pretty cool. I meant the old school items are cool.