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Focus Taiwan announced there's a new exhibition on both Taiwan's comics history opening alongside Japanese this week

An exhibition tracing the roots of Japan's manga culture and Taiwan's comic book scene will open Saturday in Kyoto, Japan.

"A Century of Manga Culture: An Encounter of Taiwan and Japan's Youth, organized by the Preparatory Office of the National Taiwan Museum of Comics and the Kyoto International Manga Museum, with support from Taiwan's Ministry of Culture (MOC), runs from May 24 to June 24 at the Kyoto museum.

The exhibition will delve into modern history to examine the similarities and differences between Taiwanese and Japanese comics from historical and political contexts, according to the event organizers.

It also showcases comic book artists and editors who resisted political and historical influences to create new forms of expression, organizers said.

Well, hope they have what it takes to resist China's influence. Communism, along with Islamofascism, are just some of many bad ideologies that have really brought this world down, and those artists and publishers who can stand firmly by their products are doing a world of good, which all who care about freedom even in comics must be willing to defend.

Labels: Europe and Asia, exhibitions, history, manga and anime, museums, politics