Today in Labor History April 12, 1927: The Shanghai massacre of 1927 occurred on this day. Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the right-wing, nationalist Kuomintang, ordered the execution of Chinese Communist Party members in Shanghai, ending the First United Front. They killed up to 10,000 people.
Today in Labor History February 28, 2004: Over 2 million Taiwanese formed a 500-kilometer human chain to commemorate the February 28 Incident and massacre.
Today in Labor History February 28, 1947: The Kuomintang government in Taiwan put down an anti-government uprising known as the February 28 Incident. They killed 28,000 civilians. And in the White Terror that followed, the government killed, imprisoned or disappeared 30,000 more. These events helped spark the Taiwanese independence movement.
![On February 28, 1947, crowds gathered at the Monopoly Bureau Taipei Branch to protest, and the inventories of matches, cigarettes and other items in the Monopoly Bureau Taipei Branch were piled up and burned. By [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21836](https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/081/954/856/928/629/original/b428574d8fe17169.jpg "On February 28, 1947, crowds gathered at the Monopoly Bureau Taipei Branch to protest, and the inventories of matches, cigarettes and other items in the Monopoly Bureau Taipei Branch were piled up and burned. By [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21836")
Recently-inaugurated Taiwanese President William Lai was included in this group.
Peng certainly would have qualified as a so-called “diehard” activist – he would probably have even been proud to wear the title.
In 1949, the party that had once ruled all of #China, the #Kuomintang, lost the Chinese Civil War to the Chinese #Communist Party and fled to #Taiwan, where they ruled as a one-party state under martial law.
Today in Labor History May 29, 1881: Chinese educator, nationalist revolutionary and anarchist Li Shizeng was born. He led the anarchist Jinde Hui group (Society for Progress and Virtue), with Wu Zhihui, & Zhang Ji. He also tried unsuccessfully to turn the Guomindang into an anarchist organization. Indeed, he is known as one of the four anti-Communist elders of the Chinese Nationalist Party. In his youth, he earned graduate degrees in chemistry and biology in France, and opened the first European tofu factory.
![Li Shizeng as pictured in The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries. By Unknown; scanned by 天竺鼠 (talk) 17:20, 10 January 2011 (UTC) - (Shōwa 16 [1941]) Saishin Shina yōjinden [The Most Recent Biographies of Important Chinese People], Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun OCLC: 23310651., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12652902](https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/524/724/592/935/888/original/bf774d4a0c231ffd.jpg "Li Shizeng as pictured in The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries. By Unknown; scanned by 天竺鼠 (talk) 17:20, 10 January 2011 (UTC) - (Shōwa 16 [1941]) Saishin Shina yōjinden [The Most Recent Biographies of Important Chinese People], Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun OCLC: 23310651., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12652902")
The island is claimed by Taiwan, #China, #Vietnam & the #Philippines.
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The opposition #Kuomintang wants President #TsaiIngWen to visit #TaipingIsland in the #SouthChinaSea before she leaves office as a way of asserting #Taiwan's sovereignty
Pressure on President Tsai Ing-wen To Visit Taiping Island
https://www.taiwanplus.com/news/taiwan-news/politics/240326001/pressure-on-president-tsai-ing-wen-to-visit-taiping-island-taiwanplus-news
Image source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Island
![Taiping Island, also known as Itu Aba,[note 1] and various other names, is the largest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.[3][4][5][6][note 2] The island is elliptical in shape being 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) in length and 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi) in width, with an area of 46 hectares (110 acres). It is located on the northern edge of the Tizard Bank (Zheng He Reefs; 鄭和群礁). The runway of the Taiping Island Airport is easily the most prominent feature on the island, running its entire length.](https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/165/785/451/912/870/original/9831699da060d439.jpg "Taiping Island, also known as Itu Aba,[note 1] and various other names, is the largest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.[3][4][5][6][note 2] The island is elliptical in shape being 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) in length and 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi) in width, with an area of 46 hectares (110 acres). It is located on the northern edge of the Tizard Bank (Zheng He Reefs; 鄭和群礁). The runway of the Taiping Island Airport is easily the most prominent feature on the island, running its entire length.")
![Taiping Island, also known as Itu Aba,[note 1] and various other names, is the largest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.[3][4][5][6][note 2] The island is elliptical in shape being 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) in length and 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi) in width, with an area of 46 hectares (110 acres). It is located on the northern edge of the Tizard Bank (Zheng He Reefs; 鄭和群礁). The runway of the Taiping Island Airport is easily the most prominent feature on the island, running its entire length.](https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/165/788/434/628/758/original/3fdf78b22b8f1df6.png "Taiping Island, also known as Itu Aba,[note 1] and various other names, is the largest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.[3][4][5][6][note 2] The island is elliptical in shape being 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) in length and 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi) in width, with an area of 46 hectares (110 acres). It is located on the northern edge of the Tizard Bank (Zheng He Reefs; 鄭和群礁). The runway of the Taiping Island Airport is easily the most prominent feature on the island, running its entire length.")
Today in Labor History February 28, 1947: The Kuomintang government in Taiwan put down an anti-government uprising known as the February 28 Incident. They killed 28,000 civilians. And in the White Terror that followed, the government killed, imprisoned or disappeared 30,000 more. These events helped spark the Taiwanese independence movement.
![On February 28, 1947, crowds gathered at the Monopoly Bureau Taipei Branch to protest, and the inventories of matches, cigarettes and other items in the Monopoly Bureau Taipei Branch were piled up and burned. By [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21836](https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/009/560/240/926/037/original/23d28b4413e7dc79.jpg "On February 28, 1947, crowds gathered at the Monopoly Bureau Taipei Branch to protest, and the inventories of matches, cigarettes and other items in the Monopoly Bureau Taipei Branch were piled up and burned. By [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21836")
Today in Labor History December 10, 1949: The People’s Liberation Army began its siege of Chengu. This was the last city held by the Kuomintang (KMT) on mainland China. It forced Chiang Kai-shek’s troops and government to retreat to Taiwan. Then, on this same date in 1979, the Kuomintang, themselves, brutally suppressed pro-democracy protesters in Taiwan at the island’s first Human Rights Day celebration. The KMT arrested nearly all opposition leaders and held incommunicado for two months. The country had been under martial law and one-party (KMT) rule from 1949 until the late 1970s. In 1978, President Carter severed ties with the repressive island nation.
![The Kaohsiung Eight arrested. From left to right: Chang Chun-hung, Huang Hsin-chieh, Chen Chu, Yao Chia-wen, Shih Ming-teh, Annette Lu, Lin Hung-hsuan [zh]. By 新台灣研究文教基金會, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29998152](https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/557/206/003/530/984/original/dce887bcf73da7eb.jpg "The Kaohsiung Eight arrested. From left to right: Chang Chun-hung, Huang Hsin-chieh, Chen Chu, Yao Chia-wen, Shih Ming-teh, Annette Lu, Lin Hung-hsuan [zh]. By 新台灣研究文教基金會, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29998152")
What explains enduring "America skepticism" in Taiwan? The answers lie in historical perceptions and Washington’s policies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/12/04/world/taiwan-america-skepticism-china/?utm_content=buffer5cba6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #commentary #worldnews #taiwan #china #us #tsaiingwen #joebiden #laichingte #kowenje #houyuih #kuomintang
Kissinger, the champion of realpolitik, reoriented the U.S. from Taipei to Beijing, catalyzing the island’s diplomatic isolation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/12/04/world/kissinger-impact-taiwan-china/?utm_content=buffer44ebc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #commentary #worldnews #henrykissinger #taiwan #china #us #kuomintang #richardnixon #vietnamwar
A potential joint bid for Taiwan's presidency by the island's two main opposition parties was in disarray on Saturday as they bickered on how to agree on who will run for president with time running out to make a decision. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/18/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-opposition-bickering/?utm_content=buffer01158&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #dpp #kuomintang #laichingte #houyuih #kowenje
Taiwan's China-friendly opposition parties are joining forces to take on the front-running ruling party in January's presidential election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/15/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-opposition-presidential-ticket/?utm_content=buffer36d1f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #elections #laichingte #dpp #kuomintang #kmt #houyuih #kowenje #terrygou
One thing Hou Yu-ih wants Taiwan’s voters to know about him as they prepare to elect a new president is that he used to be a great cop. And he believes his time working in law enforcement has prepared him to manage one of the world’s most dangerous geopolitical hot spots. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/21/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-top-cop-china-talks-president/?utm_content=buffer3880b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #houyuih #kuomintang
From belting out pop songs to fielding hairstyle questions on Instagram, Taiwan's presidential hopefuls are turning more attention to young voters expected to play a key role in presidential and parliamentary elections. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/31/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-parties-younger-voters-elections-loom/?utm_content=buffer227d9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #elections #kuomintang #taiwanpeople039sparty #democraticprogressiveparty #taipei
Today in Labor History May 29, 1881: Chinese educator, nationalist revolutionary and anarchist Li Shizeng was born. He led the anarchist Jinde Hui group (Society for Progress and Virtue), with Wu Zhihui, & Zhang Ji. He also tried unsuccessfully to turn the Guomindang into an anarchist organization. Indeed, he is known as one of the four anti-Communist elders of the Chinese Nationalist Party. In his youth, he earned graduate degrees in chemistry and biology in France, and opened the first European tofu factory.
![Li Shizeng as pictured in The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries. By Unknown; scanned by 天竺鼠 (talk) 17:20, 10 January 2011 (UTC) - (Shōwa 16 [1941]) Saishin Shina yōjinden [The Most Recent Biographies of Important Chinese People], Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun OCLC: 23310651., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12652902](https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/110/449/426/037/738/942/original/409e3b6c20d9e863.jpg "Li Shizeng as pictured in The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries. By Unknown; scanned by 天竺鼠 (talk) 17:20, 10 January 2011 (UTC) - (Shōwa 16 [1941]) Saishin Shina yōjinden [The Most Recent Biographies of Important Chinese People], Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun OCLC: 23310651., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12652902")
