S2-E23 - Separated Sisters

Imagine this: It's 1949. You and your family live in Fujian,
China. A friend invites you to the island of Kinmen for a
short vacation. You hop on a ferry and, a 10-kilometer ride
later, you're on Kinmen. While there, your hometown falls to PLA
troops, the People’s Republic of China is founded, and the ROC
retreats to Taiwan (and off-shore islands like Kinmen). You're
stuck on one side while your sister and family are on the
other. Each of the million-plus refugees who fled to Taiwan
has some type of "exodus" story, and while people already on
Taiwan would bear the brunt of the brutality of the then-one
party authoritarian state the Nationalists would set up,
those who fled China also suffered -- especially the pain of
being stranded from their families. Drawing on Li Zhuqing’s
best-selling biography “Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden,”
we tell the story of Jun and Hong, two sisters separated by civil
war.


(NOTE: Eryk has a bad cold and we apologize for his voice
quality. Doctors say his resonant tones should return next week)