The tragedy that made people fear and also the following 40 years of White Terror.

As far as I can remember, the Feb.28 is a sensitive day each year. Some people choose to avoid the talk while others are still suffering. It is a wound that deep inside our minds. Obviously, many locals died. But long time ago, it was a taboo and even the victims were not dare to speak for themselves. It is hard to imagine for some young people now, and all they know is probably a day to take off. Politicians would show up at the memorial park and the media will broadcast their speech as well. I guess the persons who hate this day most is KMT party. Maybe they never thought about staying here forever, so they killed innocent citizens, robbed houses, and raped beauty women. Not to mention the financial crisis came afterward.

Before KMT party landed the island, Taiwan was colonized by Japan empire. Although they treated us differently, some of the modern infrastructures were built by them. And that is one of the reasons why people do not hate Japanese nowadays. The Feb.28 was just an incident that burst out all a sudden due to the dissatisfaction toward KMT party. All they do now is trying hard to please victims without officially apology. In their heart, the Nanjing Massacre is more important than Feb.28. Also, the August 23rd Artillery Battle was a victory that KMT party likes to brag to others. But the fact that there were Japanese generals behind this was never to be mentioned.