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US representatives enter 228 Massacre into record

Taipei Times

Statements have been entered into the US Congressional Record to mark the 66th commemoration of Taiwan’s 228 Massacre.

New Jersey Democratic Representative Robert Andrews and New Jersey Republican Representative Scott Garrett are leading a call for all members of the US Congress to lend their names to “commemorating this important historical event.”

In separate statements published in the Congressional Record, Andrews and Garrett recounted the history of the massacre.

Taiwan Commemorates 2-28 When the KMT Began to Seriously Enforce its One-Party State

Jerome F. Keating Ph.D.

When WWII ended, Taiwan began to be denuded of everything from rice to steel to anything that could be used in the KMT's losing effort in China. But Taiwan's troubles are clearly marked by 2-28, er-er-ba, when the seething mistreatment boiled over with the striking of a street vendor selling contraband cigarettes and the shooting of an innocent protester. This brought about the upcoming Martial Law and White Terror in which over 30 thousand Taiwanese were killed and/or disappeared and thousands more would be imprisoned.

Remembrance, not burial of the truth

Taipei Times Editorial

Today marks the 66th anniversary of the 228 Incident, a tragic page in Taiwan’s history that ushered in the White Terror era and, subsequently, steered Taiwan and its people into one of the world’s longest periods of martial law, from May 19, 1949, until July 15, 1987.

The 1947 uprising against the then-Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) regime resulted in tens of thousands of people killed, missing, tortured and imprisoned without public trials. The elimination of many social elites — ethnic Taiwanese and Mainlanders alike — meant not only the tragic breakup of families and a high death toll, but also left a lasting impact on society.

An Open Letter to the Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan

Jack Healey

I hope this missive finds all of you well and healthy. This is the first time I have ever gone to a political party for help. I want to make it clear that I am coming to you from a space outside of party politics and am standing instead on the ground of human rights concerns for the former mayor of Taipei and the two-time President of Taiwan. But most of all, I ask you to support your former president. He needs your help now. He helped you. He helped Taiwan. He is a symbol of your nation and symbols do not die.

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