[quote=“Dirt”]Chiang Wei-shui - Wikipedia
Rest in peace, Mr Chiang Wei-shui, founder of Taiwan’s first political party. Your dream of having Taiwan ruled based on Dr Sun’s 3 Principles of the People has been achieved.[/quote]
Chiang Wei-shui (Tsiúnn Ūi-súi 蔣渭水) was lucky that he died early (40-yrs-old, 1931).
Chiang was in the end a communist, and as such fractured the already fragile Taiwan Cultural Association (台灣文協會). In his will this is what he wrote:
[quote]臺灣革命社會運動，已進入第三期，無產階級的勝利迫在眉睫。 凡我青年同志須極力奮鬥，而舊同志要加倍團結， 積極的援助青年同志，期望為同胞解放而努力
Taiwan’s social revolution movement has already entered its third stage. Victory for the proletariats is immanent. Our young comrades should fight on with all they’ve got. Our old comrades should work to be more united, proactively support our young comrades, and work towards the liberation of our people.[/quote]
So it’s clear that Chiang only bought into the Three Principles of the People back when SYS and the KMT were backed by the Soviets.
Even if Chiang wasn’t a communist, and whole heartedly embraced CKS’ version of KMT, like many of his contemporaries, he would still be lucky to have died early, as most of Taiwan elites who welcomed the arrival of KMT were killed during the 228 incident and the subsequent white terror period, e.g., Ông Thiam-ting (王添灯) and Walis Wumi.
By the way, immediately after 228, CWS’s little brother Chiang Wei-chuan (Tsiúnn Ūi-tshuan 蔣渭川) was asked by Chen Yi (陳儀) to make a broadcast to the people of Taiwan on behalf of the KMT government. CWS was a full fledged KMT member at the time. However, a few days later, on March 10, KMT troops showed up at his house and said they were on orders to execute CWC.
CWC managed to escape alone, but his daughter Chiang Chiao-yun (蔣巧雲) was killed on site. His son was mortally wondered. After hiding for an entire year, CWC only re-emerged after Qiu Nian-tai (丘念台, son of Qiu Fengjia 丘逢甲) guaranteed his safety.
CWS literally rested in peace, as opposed to lived to be tortured to near death, then shot in the streets and dumped into the Keelung harbor.