TAIPEI, Taiwan — The novel, Taiwan Travelogue, which explores a journey across the island of Taiwan when it was occupied by Japan has stirred up questions about the island's identity and Taiwan's relationships with both its former colonizer Japan, and China. NPR recently spoke with both author Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translator Lin King about Taiwan, Japan's colonial era and the pressure from China, which claims Taiwan. Interview with Yáng Shuāng-zǐ:Jan Camenzind Broomby / NPR / NPR Author Yáng Shuāng-zǐ outside her favorite restaurant in Taipei. NPR: Taiwan's view of Japan is very different from Korea and China's, which were also colonized by Japan. Interview with Lin King:Jan Camenzind Broomby / NPR / NPR Translator Lin King stands outside a former colonial-era prison in Taipei where anti-Japanese political prisoners were once held.