Taiwan '228 Incident'
In 1947, Chiang Kai-Shek's Chinese nationalist troops killed 20,000 civilians in Taiwan
Witness History: Archive 2014 · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
In early 1947 Chinese nationalist troops under Chiang Kai-Shek killed 20,000 civilians in Taiwan. Local Taiwanese had been protesting about abuses by the newly installed Kuomintang government. We hear the story of one boy who witnessed the killings.
(Photo: Activists form the numbers 228 at a Taipei square on 28 February, 2009, in memory of the thousands of islanders who were killed. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)