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 period [image] noWhiners: …that surrounds the times around the…

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…

Good sources of info about 228 ('ererba')

Arts & Sciences Culture & History

hansioux February 27, 2023, 12:38am 9

Some of the quotes were broken during the forum transfer, but we’ve covered lots of 228 related topics on this forum.