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Title: The 228 Incident - 60 years on, Part 1/3 View count: 3988 Rating: 4.8076925 (26 ratings) Description: Looking at some of the victims of the 228 Massacre of 1947. Part 1 tells the viewers about how widespread the incident was and introduces Ouyang Wen (歐陽文). The incident was set in motion on February 27, 1947 when Chinese agents from the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau in Taipei pistol whipped a cigarette vendor and shot a bystander before fleeing to a nearby police staation. The public quickly surrounded the station demanding justice, but the shooter had snuck out of a back exit. More demonstrations happened the next day, and Chinese security forces used machine guns against the unarmed protesters. That same day, martial law -- which lasted until 1987 -- was declared. Chen Yi, the Governor-General in charge of Taiwan, rounded up leaders island-wide, executing thousands. Taiwanese leaders were lured by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) under the pretense of negotiations and were instead executed as well. In total, perhaps 30,000 people were killed, and thousands of others were imprisoned on false charges. Mr. Ouyang reflects on the incident, telling us about the bravery of young female students who brought zongzi (a kind of rice dumpling) to him and his fellow fighters, and how he can still remember the taste. Be careful to distinguish what's real footage and what's a reenactment. Spoken: Mandarin and Taiwanese Subtitles: Hanzi Part 2/3 (08:01): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4wGlPxXLLM Part 3/3 (09:33): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPpvFtsz6CE UPDATE: YouTube user onepoundYAY has uploaded another video about Mr. Ouyang here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pas31w8cMdY Tags: taiwan, 台灣, 228, 二二八, 228_incident, 二二八事件, 60_years, 一甲子, set_news, 三立新聞, Author: TimMaddog |
