Editing Formosa Magazine (section)

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{{Infobox magazine
| title           = Formosa Magazine
| logo            = 
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| image_file      = 美麗島雜誌第一期 Formosa - The Magazine of TAIWAN's Democratic Movement (No. 1).jpg
| image_size      = <!-- default is 180px -->
| image_alt       = 
| image_caption   = First issue of Formosa Magazine, dated 16 August 1979
| editor          = [[Chang Chun-hung]]
| editor_title    = Chief Editor
| editor3         = [[Hsu Hsin-liang]]
| editor_title3   = Editor
| editor2         = [[Shih Ming-teh]]
| editor_title2   = General Manager
| editor4         = [[Annette Lu]]
| editor_title4   = Editor
| editor5         = [[Lin Yi-hsiung]]
| editor_title5   = Circulation Manager
| previous_editor = 
| staff_writer    = 
| photographer    = 
| category        = 
| frequency       = Monthly
| format          = 21&nbsp;cm
| circulation     = 
| publisher       = [[Huang Hsin-chieh]]
| paid_circulation =
| unpaid_circulation =
| circulation_year = 1979
| total_circulation = 140,000
| founder         = 
| founded         = 
| firstdate       = {{Start date|1979|08|16|df=yes}}
| finaldate       = November 1979
| finalnumber     = Vol 1 No 4<ref name=HCJ>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qdhXAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA88 |title=The Construction of National Identity in Taiwan's Media, 1896-2012 |author=Hsu, Chien-Jung |date=2014 |publisher=Koninklijke Brill NV |location=Leiden, The Netherlands |isbn=978-90-04-22770-5 |pages=88–89 |accessdate=28 January 2015 }}</ref>
| company         = 
| country         = Taiwan
| based           = 
| language        = [[Taiwanese Mandarin|Chinese language]]
| website         = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
| issn            = 
| oclc            = 7186174
}}

'''''Formosa Magazine''''', also known as '''Mei-li-tao''' ({{zh|t=『美麗島』雜誌|p=Měilìdǎo Zázhì|w=Mei-li-tao Tsa-chi|poj=Bí-lē-tó Cha̍p-chì}}), was a [[magazine]] created by ''[[Tangwai]]'' individuals in [[Taiwan]] during the summer of 1979.  It opposed the [[Kuomintang]]'s political monopoly in the [[Republic of China]] government. A police raid of the ''Formosa'' Press caused the [[Kaohsiung Incident]] in December 1979.

There were 61 participants; less than ten were truly active, namely,
* [[Huang Hsin-chieh]], publisher<ref name="taiday">{{cite news|title=With justice and kindness|url=http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=4,29,31,45&post=5086|accessdate=19 February 2017|work=Taiwan Today|date=1 May 1980}}</ref>
* [[Chang Chun-hung]], chief editor<ref name="taiday"/>
* [[Shih Ming-teh]], general manager<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-u5UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8JIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6450%2C6889784 |title=Dissidents' trial ends with plea for reform |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=31 March 1980 |newspaper=The Age |location=Melbourne |accessdate=29 January 2015 }}</ref>
* [[Hsu Hsin-liang]], editor<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OQwhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UXIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5414%2C1474633 |title=2 Taiwanese Seek Allies For Opposition Party |author=Woodruff, Cathy |date=7 July 1986 |newspaper=Schenectady Gazette |accessdate=29 January 2015 }}</ref>
* [[Annette Lu]], editor
* [[Lin Yi-hsiung]], circulation manager<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cTBPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lgIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4453%2C5757706 |title=Dissident's Mother, 2 Daughters Are Killed |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=29 February 1980 |newspaper=Toledo Blade |agency=Reuters |accessdate=29 January 2015 }}</ref>
* [[Yao Chia-wen]], circulation controller<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bZ5WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AecDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6822%2C477609 |title=On trial in Taiwan |author=McDonald, Hamish |date=3 April 1980 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |accessdate=29 January 2015 }}</ref>

The opening celebration took place in Mandarina Crown Hotel (中泰賓館) in the afternoon of 8 September 1979.<ref name=HCJ /> A blockade by the military ensued, sometimes known as the Mandarina Crown Hotel Incident. For the next three months until the raid, branches were opened throughout Taiwan. Opening were followed by speeches and conferences.

Formosa Magazine was owned by The [[Formosa Plastics Group]], a group of companies originally founded in 1954 in part funded by an American economic aid mission. <ref name="Cooper">{{cite journal |last1=Copper |first1=John F. |title=Taiwan in 1980: Entering a New Decade |journal=Asian Survey |date=1 January 1981 |volume=21 |issue=1 |page=52 |doi=10.2307/2643664 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2643664 |access-date=13 October 2024|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="OceanPlastics">{{cite web |title=FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION TAIWAN |url=https://www.oceansplasticleanup.com/Plastics/Plastics_Producers_Chemical_Manufacturers_Industry/Formosa_Plastics_Corporation_Producers_Manufacturers_Taiwan.htm |website=www.oceansplasticleanup.com |access-date=13 October 2024}}</ref>