White Terror in Taiwan
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The White Terror in Taiwan was a decades-long period of martial law and political repression during which the Kuomintang-led government persecuted, imprisoned, and executed tens of thousands of perceived dissidents and opponents.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| White Terror in Taiwan canonical | 7 |
| Kaohsiung Incident crackdown | 1 |
| White Terror era in Taiwan | 1 |
| White Terror period in Taiwan | 1 |
| White Terror political cases | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T743550 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: White Terror in Taiwan Context triple: [Kuomintang, significantEvent, White Terror in Taiwan]
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A.
White Terror
White Terror refers to the campaign of political repression, mass executions, and violence carried out by anti-Bolshevik forces and their allies during the Russian Civil War.
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B.
Saffron Revolution
The Saffron Revolution was a 2007 series of pro-democracy protests in Myanmar, led largely by Buddhist monks, against the country’s military junta and rising economic hardships.
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C.
Tiananmen Square protests of 1976
The Tiananmen Square protests of 1976 were large-scale public demonstrations in Beijing sparked by popular mourning for Premier Zhou Enlai, which evolved into a brief pro-reform movement that was violently suppressed and later officially condemned as “counterrevolutionary.”
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D.
Wushe Incident
The Wushe Incident was a 1930 armed uprising by the Seediq indigenous people against Japanese colonial authorities in central Taiwan, marking one of the most significant anti-colonial rebellions during Japanese rule.
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E.
Kanto Massacre of Koreans
The Kanto Massacre of Koreans was a 1923 wave of mob and military violence in Japan in which thousands of Koreans were killed amid false rumors and xenophobic panic following the Great Kanto Earthquake.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: White Terror in Taiwan Target entity description: The White Terror in Taiwan was a decades-long period of martial law and political repression during which the Kuomintang-led government persecuted, imprisoned, and executed tens of thousands of perceived dissidents and opponents.
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A.
White Terror
White Terror refers to the campaign of political repression, mass executions, and violence carried out by anti-Bolshevik forces and their allies during the Russian Civil War.
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B.
Saffron Revolution
The Saffron Revolution was a 2007 series of pro-democracy protests in Myanmar, led largely by Buddhist monks, against the country’s military junta and rising economic hardships.
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C.
Tiananmen Square protests of 1976
The Tiananmen Square protests of 1976 were large-scale public demonstrations in Beijing sparked by popular mourning for Premier Zhou Enlai, which evolved into a brief pro-reform movement that was violently suppressed and later officially condemned as “counterrevolutionary.”
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D.
Wushe Incident
The Wushe Incident was a 1930 armed uprising by the Seediq indigenous people against Japanese colonial authorities in central Taiwan, marking one of the most significant anti-colonial rebellions during Japanese rule.
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E.
Kanto Massacre of Koreans
The Kanto Massacre of Koreans was a 1923 wave of mob and military violence in Japan in which thousands of Koreans were killed amid false rumors and xenophobic panic following the Great Kanto Earthquake.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human rights violation
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period of martial law ⓘ political repression campaign ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Republic of China
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of China–administered territories
Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan Province of the Republic of China
|
| commemoratedBy |
February 28 Peace Memorial Day
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Green Island White Terror Memorial Park ⓘ Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park ⓘ National Human Rights Museum (Taiwan) ⓘ |
| country |
Taiwan, Province of China
ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
|
| endCause |
lifting of martial law on 15 July 1987
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political liberalization under Chiang Ching-kuo ⓘ pressure for democratic reforms in Taiwan ⓘ |
| endTime | 1987 ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfExecuted | between 3,000 and 4,000 ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfImprisoned | over 100,000 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
democratization of Taiwan
ⓘ
lifting of martial law in Taiwan ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Chinese Civil War
ⓘ
Chinese Civil War ⓘ
surface form:
Kuomintang–Chinese Communist Party conflict
anti-communist campaign of the Kuomintang ⓘ imposition of martial law in Taiwan ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
enforced disappearances
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execution of political prisoners ⓘ imprisonment of political dissidents ⓘ political persecution ⓘ suppression of freedom of association ⓘ suppression of freedom of speech ⓘ widespread fear in Taiwanese society ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Hakka
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Mandarin Chinese ⓘ Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion
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martial law in Taiwan ⓘ |
| location |
Republic of China
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Formosa ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
|
| mainPerpetrator |
Bureau of Investigation of the Republic of China
ⓘ
Kuomintang ⓘ Republic of China ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of China government
Taiwan Garrison Command ⓘ military courts of the Republic of China ⓘ |
| numberOfVictims | tens of thousands ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Taiwanese democracy movement
ⓘ
dangwai movement ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cold War anti-communist repression in East Asia
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authoritarian rule in Taiwan ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | serious human rights abuses by the government of Taiwan ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
228 Incident aftermath
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White Terror in Taiwan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kaohsiung Incident crackdown
execution of Lei Chen ⓘ mass arrests of alleged communists and Taiwan independence activists ⓘ military trials of political prisoners ⓘ |
| startTime | 1949 ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Cold War era
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mid-20th century ⓘ |
| victim |
Mainlander opponents of the Kuomintang
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Taiwan independence advocates ⓘ intellectuals and students ⓘ journalists ⓘ local Taiwanese elites ⓘ political dissidents ⓘ suspected communists ⓘ |
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Subject: White Terror in Taiwan Description of subject: The White Terror in Taiwan was a decades-long period of martial law and political repression during which the Kuomintang-led government persecuted, imprisoned, and executed tens of thousands of perceived dissidents and opponents.
Referenced by (11)
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