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.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #kuomintang #taiwan #uprising #formosa #massacre #civilian #slaughter #WhiteTerror #independence #chiang
Does #ChengLiwun realise that she is the chairwoman of the #KMT, the party of butcher #ChiangKaishek?
This tasteless demagogue managed to distort the events of February 28 1947 and the ensuing era of #WhiteTerror by turning the KMT into victims of some imaginary "green terror" by the #DPP. There really is no decency or respect for the deceased with this toxic woman.
KMT still is an abbreviation for "Kill Many Taiwanese", and the KMT is an invasive species in #Taiwan .
https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202602270005
From the latest edition of Mekong Review: the story of a Malaysian student who was imprisoned in Taiwan for 12 years on false charges during the White Terror period
[Warning: descriptions of torture]
The “Taiwan Independence Association” (TIA) incident in May 1991 led to a series of protests that successfully changed repressive laws from the martial law era
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2025/07/20/2003840582
The terrible secrets of Taiwan’s Stasi files
Researchers have unearthed the surveillance records of Taiwan’s former dictatorship. But the revelations inside could tear society apart
https://archive.ph/o5Tiq#selection-1945.22-1949.105
The White Terror itself is still only murkily understood in Taiwan, and there is no consensus on how to talk about it. This is partly because Taiwan’s transition to democracy in the 1990s was gradual – an evolution, rather than a revolution. There was no storming of the public-records office, the way there was in East Germany. The most prominent secret-police unit, the Garrison Command, was dissolved, but all other security agencies continued functioning as before. In 1995 Taiwan’s first democratically elected president apologised for the 228 Incident and offered compensation to victims of the KMT’s abuses, but declined to offer transparency into that era.
The result is a kind of amnesia. The KMT still exists, but as one party in a competitive political system. Chiang’s statue still stands in the centre of the capital. Green Island is home to a museum on the horrors that happened there, but many Taiwanese see it primarily as a holiday destination with excellent snorkelling. (“It’s the worst habit of Taiwanese people,” said Yang. “Once the past is over they don’t want to talk about it any more. They say, ‘It’s already in the past, let’s move on.’”)
It's sad that not one person involved with the White Terror has been put on trial or answered for their actions. Will there ever be justice?
PS Incredible photos in this magazine article!
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.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #kuomintang #taiwan #uprising #formosa #massacre #civilian #slaughter #WhiteTerror #independence #chiang
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