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Talking Turkey

by Calla Jones Corner

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Santa Barbara Current
Nov 23, 2023
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On Quemoy Island with mainland China in the background in 1961. Photo: Calla Jones Corner

A Thanksgiving Tale of Chopstick Diplomacy

Sixty-two years ago, as a college student, I spent Thanksgiving on the island of Quemoy off Formosa (as Taiwan was still called) eating Taiwanese turkey with chopsticks, accompanied by Taiwanese generals, and, oh, William F.…

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