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Taiwan - The 228 Incident

In early 1947, Chinese nationalist forces led by Chiang Kai-Shek killed an estimated 20,000 Taiwanese islanders after protests in Taipei. Dr Chau Wu was a young boy at the time.

In early 1947, Chinese nationalist forces, led by Chiang Kai-Shek, killed an estimated twenty thousand Taiwanese islanders after protests in Taipei. The Chinese had taken control of the island at the end of WW2 after more than 50 years of Japanese rule. Dr Chau Wu was a young boy at the time of the killings.

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