Today in Labor History February 28, 1947: The Kuomintang government in Taiwan put down an anti-government uprising known as the February 28 Incident. They killed 28,000 civilians. And in the White Terror that followed, the government killed, imprisoned or disappeared 30,000 more. These events helped spark the Taiwanese independence movement.

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Today in Labor History February 19, 1927: A General Strike occurred in Shanghai. In March, Communist union workers launched an uprising in Shanghai. However, the Kuomintang quashed the rebellion, slaughtering 5,000-10,000 in the Shanghai Massacre. In the 1940s, the Kuomintang were driven out of mainland China by the Communists, retreating to Taiwan, where they maintained a brutal dictatorship until the 1980s. By many accounts, the Kuomintang rule in Taiwan was even more corrupt and brutal than the Japanese dictatorship that preceded it. In 1947, they slaughtered tens of thousands in the February 28 Incident.

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Kuomintang (KMT) chairperson Cheng Li-Wun wants to meet China’s president Xi Jinping. She revealed in an interview with @TheEconomist on January 27th that after a nine-year hiatus, the KMT will resume dialogue with China’s Communist Party in early February, starting with exchanges between their think-tanks.

A Chinese mainland spokeswoman confirmed the reports. Zhang Han, spokeswoman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said a think tank forum between the Communist Party of China and the Kuomintang from Taiwan will be held in Beijing on Tuesday (February 3rd).

https://www.economist.com/asia/2026/01/29/taiwans-new-opposition-leader-wants-to-talk-to-xi-jinping?giftId=ZGE4OTFiZDItODZmOC00ZmQzLTkzMjItZWE1NzhkY2M2ZGMz&utm_campaign=gifted_article

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... General Strike. In China in the first period of its existence, the Communist Party had ploughed an independent furrow, gaining a powerful position ...

chinaworker.info commemorates 1925-27: This year we are commemorating 100 years since the Second Chinese Revolution 1925-27. This was one of the most remarkable and significant waves of mass struggle ever seen.#Kuomintang #TheSecondChineseRevolution #workingclass
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