90. 台灣血淚史(1) Taiwan’s Tragic History: Colonialism, 228 Incident and the White Terror

In this episode I talk about the contemporary history of Taiwan, which covers Japanese colonialism(1895-1945), the KMT (aka Chinese Nationalist Party)’s brutal rule: 228 Massacre(1947) and 38-year-long martial law period (aka the White Terror, 1947-1987). I also discuss the complexity of Taiwanese people’s identity. 本集談談台灣悲慘的歷史:日本殖民時期、國民黨來台後的228事件大屠殺、長達三十八年的戒嚴/白色恐怖時期,以及台灣人複雜的身份認同。

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Photo credit: 黃榮燦(1947)。《恐怖的檢查》。Huang Rong-can was an artist who created the print The Horrifying Inspection in the aftermath of the 228 Incident. He was then killed by the Kuomintang in 1952 at the age of 32. (wikipedia)

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90. 台灣血淚史(1) Taiwan’s Tragic History: Colonialism, 228 Incident and the White Terror