19471947–1987 · Taipei
The 228 Incident and Taiwan's White Terror
On 27 February 1947 monopoly agents in Taipei beat a widow selling untaxed cigarettes and shot a bystander. Protests spread across Taiwan, and Nationalist troops crushed them; a government inquiry later estimated 18,000 to 28,000 dead. Martial law followed from 1949 to 1987, one of the longest anywhere, with tens of thousands imprisoned. The killings were not openly discussed until democratisation.
Sites
- Site 1: 228 Peace Memorial Park and Taipei 228 Memorial MuseumThe park and former radio station that protesters occupied in 1947.Map ↗
- Site 2: National 228 Memorial MuseumExhibitions on the massacre and the victims, in a 1930s building on Nanhai Road.Map ↗
- Site 3: Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial ParkThe former military court and detention centre where political prisoners were tried.Map ↗
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