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Banned and restricted books in Taiwan
15 titles have been banned or restricted in Taiwan, recorded across 15 dated, source-cited events, most often for political content.
Titles
15
Ban events
15
Top reason
Political content
Decades active
6
Most-restricted titles
| Title | Author | Year | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formosa Betrayed | George Kerr | 1965 | 1 |
| The Last Day of Summer | Chen Yingzhen | 1967 | 1 |
| Various works | Shen Congwen | 1985 | 1 |
| The True Story of Ah Q | Lu Xun | 1922 | 1 |
| A Brief History of Chinese Fiction | Lu Xun | 1925 | 1 |
| Rickshaw Boy | Lao She | 1937 | 1 |
| Spring | Ba Jin | 1938 | 1 |
| Short Novels by Mao Dun, Vol. 2 | Mao Dun | 1935 | 1 |
| The Generals' Clan | Chen Yingzhen | 1975 | 1 |
| The Legend of the Condor Heroes | Jin Yong | 1957 | 1 |
| The Locked Heart | Kuo Liang Hui | 1962 | 1 |
| A History of Sex | Zhang Jingsheng | 1926 | 1 |
| Taiwan's 400 Year History | Su Beng | 1962 | 1 |
| The History of Taiwanese Animals | Liu Feng-sung | 1984 | 1 |
| Monologue Under Tradition | Li Ao | 1963 | 1 |
Stated reasons
- Political content
- 13
- Sexual content
- 1
- Obscenity
- 1
By decade
1900s1
1940s6
1950s1
1960s5
1970s1
1980s1
Documented bans
All 15 recorded events, most severe and most recent first.
The History of Taiwanese Animals1984
The Generals' Clan1975
The Last Day of Summer1968
Formosa Betrayed1965
The Locked Heart1963
Monologue Under Tradition1963
Taiwan's 400 Year History1962
The Legend of the Condor Heroes1959
The True Story of Ah Q1949
A Brief History of Chinese Fiction1949
Rickshaw Boy1949
Spring1949
Short Novels by Mao Dun, Vol. 21949
A History of Sex1949
Various works1902
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