It’s been 79 years since the 228 Incident, a violent crackdown in Taiwan against a citizen-led uprising. What began as a conflict between police and civilians in Taipei on February 28, 1947, quickly spread across the country.
This year, the annual memorial spotlights the incident’s impact on the southern city of Kaohsiung.
The Kaohsiung Museum of History, the former city hall, was once a primary target of state violence. During the crackdown by Nationalist authorities, concerned citizens attempted to hold peace talks with local military leaders... but those talks ended in bloodshed, right outside the building.
An estimated 20,000 people nationwide were killed in the months that followed.
Seventy-nine years later, the museum hosts a permanent exhibition on the city’s links to the tragedy.
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