I’m trying to find good sources of information about the Big Mess that surrounds the times around the 2.28 memorial day. I’ve searched a bit and there’s some disparity, or maybe some translation problems, about that time. Would you share some good sources of info about this period?

That’s what I’m asking, which period?

Because there was a process to making it a memorial day.

…the times around and/or about 2/28/47. History is rarely black and white, but eventually there’s a consistent theme about the what and why of an event.

I don’t think that’s in much question about 228! Search for 228 in Taiwan Politics and C&H here, you’ll find a lot.

[image] 2-28 Culture & History With 228 fast approaching, here’s the link to the original New York Times report: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F04E1DB143EE13BBC4151DFB566838C659EDE FORMOSA KILLINGS ARE PUT AT 10,000; Foreigners Say the Chinese Slaughtere…

[image] Taiwanese's opinion of ROC/KMT prior to 228 Culture & History In a Time article, titled Foreign News: This Is the Shame, published back in June 10, 1946, the reporter noted the frustration of the average Taiwanese harbor towards ROC/KMT officials in charge of the t…

[image] The story of Ông Thiam-ting (王添灯) Culture & History [image] Ông Thiam-ting (王添灯) was born in Taipei on June 24th of 1901. As such, Ong was born under Japanese rule. His father was a tea farmer, and his grand father was a traditional medicine doctor. Ong was a s…

Thank you - Yea, looking for some consistency - and context. It sure seems reasonable that such an event would be discussed here, but I never found such threads. The Googles give me a… quite a collection of diverse accounting not only of what happened in those days, but on the times of that period…

[image] noWhiners: looking for some consistency - and context How to tell the story of the February 28 Incident (or “Massacre” depending on who is telling the story) has been a struggle. If you are in Taipei and environs, I would encourage you—or any interested persons—to visit the two museu…

Those who do not learn from history… ‘incident’ ; that’s rich. to trivialize that whole mess into one simple act. I’m reading hundreds of them, until the Taiwani’s just couldn’t take anymore. Thanks for that film reference!

Good sources of info about 228 ('ererba')

Arts & Sciences Culture & History

hansioux February 27, 2023, 12:41am 10

Here is articles about how Taiwanese viewed the KMT prior to 228