Representing Atrocity in Taiwan
The 2/28 Incident and Whinte Terror in Fiction and Film
by Sylvia Li-chun Lin
(Notre Dame Assistant Professor of Chinese at the University of Notre Dame)
Global Chinese Culture (series)
David Der-wei Wang, Editor
Columbia University Press, New York
2007
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Quotes: (page 3) When Japan surrendered in 1945, Taiwan thus became part of the Republic of China, headed by Chiang Kai-shek.
(page 3) For many countries, the end of World War II meant the beginning of reconstruction, but for the Nationalist government in China, the war had not ended: only the enemy had changed -- from Japanese invaders to Chinese Communists. Although the Taiwanese first celebrated the end of Japanese colonial rule, their festive mood was short-lived. The problems following the end of the war and the withdrawal of the colonial government were compounded by other troubles resulting from the arrival of the new government, which was manifested in the February 28th Incident.