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In
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
, Fukan () are literary supplements in
newspaper
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...
s.
History
From the 1950s to the early 1990s, the fukan were the main place for publishing literature in
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
. Fukan could occupy up to 1/3 of the space of the entire paper. The rise of
publishing house
Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribu ...
s in the early 1990s have shrunk the fukan down to a single page.
As of 2004, the remaining notable fukans are Renjian (人間) ("human realm") of the ''
China Times
The ''China Times'' (, abbr. ) is a daily Chinese-language newspaper published in Taiwan and one of the most widely circulated newspapers in Taiwan. Founded in 1950, the China Times Group was acquired by food and media conglomerate Want Want, whi ...
'' and Lianhe fukan of ''
United Daily News''.
References
*Chang, Yvonne. ''Literary Culture in Taiwan: Martial Law to Market Law''. Ch.6: "Fukan-Based Literary Culture and Middle-Class Fiction." NY: Columbia UP, 2004.
Culture of Taiwan
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