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The historical evidence of the 228 Incident should be presented to the public

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It's the 70-year anniversary of the "February 28 Incident". 70 years passed, there is still no complete truth of the incident being released to the public.On February 25, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of China (Taiwan) decided to stop the "Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Song" at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei.On February 26, the ruling party of Taiwan - Democratic Progressive Party criticized the statement that the former president of the Kuomintang, Chiang Kai-shek, had done the socalled "undecided" in the February 28 incident, and pointed out that the history ducuments of the archives clearly shows that Chiang Kai-shek had ordered the suppression of demonstrators, the Kuomintang's statement is "incredible."Whether the historical evidence of the 228 Incident would be presented to the public? Is the practice of the Taiwanese government acount to authoritarian? What is the difference between the commemorative activities of Chinese mainland and Taiwan? DING, Shuh-Fan, a professor from College of International Affairs, NCCU has comment on the issue.


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It's the 70-year anniversary of the "February 28 Incident". 70 years passed, there is still no complete truth of the incident being released to the public.On February 25, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of China (Taiwan) decided to stop the "Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Song" at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei.On February 26, the ruling party of Taiwan - Democratic Progressive Party criticized the statement that the former president of the Kuomintang, Chiang Kai-shek, had done the socalled "undecided" in the February 28 incident, and pointed out that the history ducuments of the archives clearly shows that Chiang Kai-shek had ordered the suppression of demonstrators, the Kuomintang's statement is "incredible."Whether the historical evidence of the 228 Incident would be presented to the public? Is the practice of the Taiwanese government acount to authoritarian? What is the difference between the commemorative activities of Chinese mainland and Taiwan? DING, Shuh-Fan, a professor from College of International Affairs, NCCU has comment on the issue.



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