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On February 28, it was a riot initiated by Benshengren (local Taiwanese) to kill Waishengren (Mainlanders)! Reports at the time stated: 'Within this day, in every corner of Taipei city, the corpses of Waishengren were lying almost everywhere.'
The armed self-defense of Taiwan's people is forced, necessary, just, and correct. Taiwan's autonomy movement will certainly not stop until its objectives are achieved. Deception and suppression will only spark the Taiwan compatriots' greater indignation.
'Island of Fire No. 15' is adapted from Cao Qinrong's oral history book, 'Island of Fire No. 15 - Green Island Women's Detachment and Others,' telling the story of a group of female ideological prisoners at the Green Island New Life Correction Center during Taiwan's martial law period in the 1950s.
Every time I hear the current generation of young hipsters online happily praising how happy and beautiful the period of Japanese rule was, even constantly claiming that older generations of Taiwanese all miss that era—it really drives me crazy!!
This article criticizes the narrative that blames all of Taiwan's current political, economic, educational, and cultural problems on the deprivation of 'elites of the Japanese occupation era' in the February 28 Incident. The author considers such claims to be flowery rhetoric filled with beautiful imagination and 'ridiculous bullshit.' Using the painter Chen Cheng-po as an example, the article points out that his true identity during the incident was a 'Taiwan area council representative'—a political figure—rather than just an artist. It questions why these 'elites' failed to stop the Japanese military's war crimes, the comfort women issue, or the Kominka (imperialization) education. The author mocks the idea of these elites bringing 'beautiful possibilities' and argues that 'Chinese culture' is deeply rooted in Taiwanese people's hearts and shouldn't be blamed on 'Republic of China aesthetics' after the 228 incident.
Many people start to get restless every February, shouting about how much injustice the February 28 incident involved. But in that historical era, was the 228 incident in Taiwan the only turmoil caused by anti-communism?