{"id":1182,"date":"2015-04-03T13:14:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T05:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2026-10-20T16:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T08:00:23","slug":"20150403-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/20150403-2\/","title":{"rendered":"In 1947, Taiwan\u2019s Newspapermen Were All Assassinated. Do You Believe It Was Over a Crackdown on Contraband Cigarettes?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1182\" class=\"elementor elementor-1182\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d1281c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6d1281c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6df4f4e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6df4f4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ca9c65 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7ca9c65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/zh.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E6%96%B0%E7%94%9F%E5%A0%B1\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"454\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u87a2\u5e55\u5feb\u7167-2015-04-03-\u4e0b\u53489.47.59-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-906\" alt=\"Old Chinese newspaper page with a bold vertical headline about seventeen counties\/cities forming a committee, surrounded by dense vertical text columns and a red circular stamp in the top-right corner.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u87a2\u5e55\u5feb\u7167-2015-04-03-\u4e0b\u53489.47.59-1.jpg 454w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u87a2\u5e55\u5feb\u7167-2015-04-03-\u4e0b\u53489.47.59-1-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f01803 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f01803\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Taiwan Shin Sheng Daily News, report of March 5, 1947.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02498e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02498e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The era of 228 had no martial law and no \u201cnewspaper ban.\u201d The people of Taiwan then were in step with modern citizens around the world: strikes and street protests were nothing unusual, and the people of Taiwan still enjoyed the freedom to publish newspapers \u2014 the People\u2019s Herald, the Shin Sheng Daily News, the Min Pao, the Ta Ming Pao, and others. Yet in March 1947, these leading figures of the press were all assassinated at once! How could that be? Why? How could it be merely because of a \u201ccontraband cigarette\u201d crackdown on Yanping North Road? What they demanded was plainly \u201cpolitical reform\u201d \u2014 written in black and white in the newspapers of that year, was it not?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7280e8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d7280e8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d27cde7 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d27cde7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Lin_Mosei_Ph.D.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTE4NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5zaGlobWluZ3RlLm9yZ1wvZW5cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA3XC9MaW5fTW9zZWlfUGguRC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"1094\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Lin_Mosei_Ph.D.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1184\" alt=\"Black-and-white portrait of a graduate in cap and gown with glasses, seated and looking at the camera with a neutral expression.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Lin_Mosei_Ph.D.jpg 572w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Lin_Mosei_Ph.D-157x300.jpg 157w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Lin_Mosei_Ph.D-535x1024.jpg 535w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b27a768 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b27a768\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lin Mao-sheng (1887\u20131947): Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, National Taiwan University; founder of the Min Pao. Assassinated during 228.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a67742 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8a67742\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db0070b elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"db0070b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u87a2\u5e55\u5feb\u7167-2015-04-03-\u4e0b\u534810.18.41-279x300-1.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6OTA4LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvd3d3LnNoaWhtaW5ndGUub3JnXC9lblwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL1x1ODdhMlx1NWU1NVx1NWZlYlx1NzE2Ny0yMDE1LTA0LTAzLVx1NGUwYlx1NTM0ODEwLjE4LjQxLTI3OXgzMDAtMS5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u87a2\u5e55\u5feb\u7167-2015-04-03-\u4e0b\u534810.18.41-279x300-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-908\" alt=\"Black-and-white portrait of a man in a suit and tie posed against a patterned backdrop.\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dad370 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9dad370\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Juan Chao-jih (1900\u20131947): General Manager, Taiwan Shin Sheng Daily News. Assassinated during 228.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3959ba e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b3959ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46c45e2 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"46c45e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u87a2\u5e55\u5feb\u7167-2015-04-03-\u4e0b\u534810.18.29-226x300-1.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6OTA3LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvd3d3LnNoaWhtaW5ndGUub3JnXC9lblwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL1x1ODdhMlx1NWU1NVx1NWZlYlx1NzE2Ny0yMDE1LTA0LTAzLVx1NGUwYlx1NTM0ODEwLjE4LjI5LTIyNngzMDAtMS5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u87a2\u5e55\u5feb\u7167-2015-04-03-\u4e0b\u534810.18.29-226x300-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-907\" alt=\"Black-and-white portrait of a man in a suit and tie, wearing a lapel pin, facing the camera.\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c70ee32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c70ee32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sung Fei-ju (1903\u20131947): President, People\u2019s Herald. Assassinated during 228.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04c43c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"04c43c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52e06fa elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"52e06fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/03\u5433\u91d1\u934a.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTE4NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5zaGlobWluZ3RlLm9yZ1wvZW5cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA3XC8wM1x1NTQzM1x1OTFkMVx1OTM0YS5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/03\u5433\u91d1\u934a.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1185\" alt=\"Black-and-white portrait of a man in a suit and tie seated at a desk, looking at the camera.\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a54937 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a54937\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wu Chin-lien (assassinated 1947): Editor, Taiwan Shin Sheng Daily News.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9783384 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9783384\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They were by no means the \u201cfools\u201d killed \u201cfor no reason at all,\u201d as the weeping and wailing of every 228 memorial day would have it. They were learned men \u2014 the conscience of the press, who put forward new ideas and proposals for the people and spoke to the government on the people\u2019s behalf. They were brave resisters, resisting the corruption and graft of the Nationalist government since 1945 and the barbaric, undisciplined troops who oppressed a modernized people. They called for \u201cappointing Taiwanese to office\u201d and \u201cpopular election of county and city heads\u201d; they demanded \u201cbasic human rights\u201d\u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11944b6 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"11944b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u87a2\u5e55\u5feb\u7167-2015-04-03-\u4e0b\u534810.58.00-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6OTA5LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvd3d3LnNoaWhtaW5ndGUub3JnXC9lblwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL1x1ODdhMlx1NWU1NVx1NWZlYlx1NzE2Ny0yMDE1LTA0LTAzLVx1NGUwYlx1NTM0ODEwLjU4LjAwLTEuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u87a2\u5e55\u5feb\u7167-2015-04-03-\u4e0b\u534810.58.00-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-909\" alt=\"Black-and-white scanned page with vertical Chinese text columns discussing basic human rights and freedoms.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u87a2\u5e55\u5feb\u7167-2015-04-03-\u4e0b\u534810.58.00-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u87a2\u5e55\u5feb\u7167-2015-04-03-\u4e0b\u534810.58.00-1-280x300.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ebcb88 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3ebcb88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u87a2\u5e55\u5feb\u7167-2015-04-03-\u4e0b\u534810.59.38-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6OTExLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvd3d3LnNoaWhtaW5ndGUub3JnXC9lblwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL1x1ODdhMlx1NWU1NVx1NWZlYlx1NzE2Ny0yMDE1LTA0LTAzLVx1NGUwYlx1NTM0ODEwLjU5LjM4LTEuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"405\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u87a2\u5e55\u5feb\u7167-2015-04-03-\u4e0b\u534810.59.38-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-911\" alt=\"Front page of an old Chinese newspaper with large vertical headlines; the bold title \u4e2d\u83ef\u65e5\u5831 appears on the right, and a small circled area at the bottom right shows the date and issue number.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u87a2\u5e55\u5feb\u7167-2015-04-03-\u4e0b\u534810.59.38-1.jpg 405w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u87a2\u5e55\u5feb\u7167-2015-04-03-\u4e0b\u534810.59.38-1-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a870f64 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a870f64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u87a2\u5e55\u5feb\u7167-2015-04-03-\u4e0b\u534810.59.26-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6OTEwLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvd3d3LnNoaWhtaW5ndGUub3JnXC9lblwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL1x1ODdhMlx1NWU1NVx1NWZlYlx1NzE2Ny0yMDE1LTA0LTAzLVx1NGUwYlx1NTM0ODEwLjU5LjI2LTEuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u87a2\u5e55\u5feb\u7167-2015-04-03-\u4e0b\u534810.59.26-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-910\" alt=\"Vertical Chinese newspaper clipping announcing government reform: the office will be renamed to province-wide government and locals will be appointed; mayor sets July 1 for implementation.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u87a2\u5e55\u5feb\u7167-2015-04-03-\u4e0b\u534810.59.26-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u87a2\u5e55\u5feb\u7167-2015-04-03-\u4e0b\u534810.59.26-1-121x300.jpg 121w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3be25fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3be25fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If, to this day, those who rule still will not let the people \u2014 will not let us, the descendants of 228 \u2014 see clearly our ancestors\u2019 \u201cpolitical demands,\u201d their heroic sacrifice, the story of how they took to the streets without fear of death, went on strike, occupied government offices, took over police stations, and organized self-defense units to keep order, it is because every ruler dreams of ruling \u201cdocile subjects.\u201d The White Terror killed many of the remaining resisters and imprisoned the youth, thoughts, and feelings of many more. But the greatest terror is the erasing of our memory: bullying our children with lies, teaching us to forget our ancestors\u2019 courage and fearlessness in the face of death, and turning us into cowards who inform on one another.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>We recover history in order to recover the courage to resist \u2014 to know again where we come from, and to become fully human again.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The era of 228 had no martial law and no \u201cnewspaper ban.\u201d The people of Taiwan then were in step with modern citizens around the world: strikes and street protests were nothing unusual, and the people of Taiwan still enjoyed the freedom to publish newspapers \u2014 the People\u2019s Herald, the Shin Sheng Daily News, the Min Pao, the Ta Ming Pao, and others. Yet in March 1947, these leading figures of the press were all assassinated at once! How could that be? Why? How could it be merely because of a \u201ccontraband cigarette\u201d crackdown on Yanping North Road? What they demanded was plainly \u201cpolitical reform\u201d \u2014 written in black and white in the newspapers of that year, was it not?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"post_folder":[19],"class_list":["post-1182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-23"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1182"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3175,"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions\/3175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1182"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=1182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}