Posted on Feb 28, 2023
Taiwan marks the 76th anniversary of the start of the 228 Massacre
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A Little Forgotten History and of Course as a "Radio" Spook, All You have to do is Mention Radio and My Ears Perk Up.
A Little Forgotten History and of Course as a "Radio" Spook, All You have to do is Mention Radio and My Ears Perk Up.
Taiwan marks the 76th anniversary of the start of the 228 Massacre
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Radio
Taiwan
Japan
WWII World War Two
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Solid read/share Brother William: PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."One of Taiwan's darkest moments in history involved a radio station. It happened 76 years ago today, in 1947, just after Japan handed the island over to Chinese rule. As NPR's Emily Feng reports, marking that history is increasingly complicated.
EMILY FENG, BYLINE: The imposition of Chinese Kuomintang - or KMT - rule did not go over well in Taiwan. The KMT was an opposition political party, then fighting a civil war with the Chinese Communist Party. And in Taiwan, they fostered a highly corrupt local government. On February 28, police fired into a crowd of Taiwanese protesters and killed one man. Gao Chuanqi is a historian who has written several books on this episode and what followed in the days after.
GAO CHUANQI: (Through interpreter) The protesters had nothing but bamboo sticks with cabbage knives on the ends, and the police had guns. So the protesters rushed to where we are sitting now, the former Taiwan Broadcasting Station."...
..."One of Taiwan's darkest moments in history involved a radio station. It happened 76 years ago today, in 1947, just after Japan handed the island over to Chinese rule. As NPR's Emily Feng reports, marking that history is increasingly complicated.
EMILY FENG, BYLINE: The imposition of Chinese Kuomintang - or KMT - rule did not go over well in Taiwan. The KMT was an opposition political party, then fighting a civil war with the Chinese Communist Party. And in Taiwan, they fostered a highly corrupt local government. On February 28, police fired into a crowd of Taiwanese protesters and killed one man. Gao Chuanqi is a historian who has written several books on this episode and what followed in the days after.
GAO CHUANQI: (Through interpreter) The protesters had nothing but bamboo sticks with cabbage knives on the ends, and the police had guns. So the protesters rushed to where we are sitting now, the former Taiwan Broadcasting Station."...
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