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• The 228 Incident, also known as the 228 Massacre, was an anti-government riot in Taiwan which was suppressed by the Kuomintang beginning on February 28, 1947. The incident began when a police officer hit an elderly woman after she refused to turn over black market cigarettes. What was at first an angry mob continued to expand until a large scale uprising was underway. When the rebellion was finally put down, a period of purges and harsh one-party rule, known as the "White Terror" began.

• Fast Facts

  1. Incident began on February 28, 1947
  2. Led to a nation-wide rebel uprising
  3. The Republic of China had been given control of Taiwan in 1945
  4. Dissatisfaction with the KMT had become wide-spread
  5. Event began when a vendor refused to turn over black market cigarettes to an official
  6. When the official hit the old woman, a mob formed, which turned into a riot
  7. A rebellion lasted several days before it was brutally suppressed
  8. Marked the beginning of the [http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Terror "White Terror"]
  9. Records of the incident were repressed and mention of it was removed from history books
  10. In 1995, Lee Tung-hui became the first to officially mention the incident

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