A Son of Taiwan: Stories of Government Atrocity

by Howard Goldblatt

On February 28, 1947, a widow selling cigarettes on the street in Taipei was brutally beaten by government agents searching for contraband cigarettes. When a crowd gathered, shots were fired and a bystander was killed. Island-wide demonstrations prompted the Chiang Kai-shek government to send reinforcements from China. Upon arrival, the troops opened fire, killing thousands. The massacre was followed by large-scale arrests of anyone suspected of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621966933
• ISBN13: 9781621966937
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Cambria Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"