Looking at history from a different angle

'The only thing new in this world is the history you don't know" is a quote I once came across when I was looking for quotes about history.

Ship Taiping in 1949 by Zhang Dianwan that was published in June is something new as it is about something many of us on the Chinese mainland have never heard of.

On January 27, 1949 the Taiping capsized after colliding with another ship. Of the nearly 1,000 passengers on board, only 38 survived. The writer, whose mother sailed on the same ship when she moved to Taiwan, interviewed the survivors of the tragedy and the book is an account of their experiences.