IntroductionNikkei Asian ReviewAfter 1945 Chiang Kai-shekFebruary 28 MassacreHokkien dialect („Taiwanese language“)Chen Yi: governor of Taiwan province after WWIIWhite Terror: martial law in Taiwan from 1949 to 1987After Martial Law Chiang Ching-kuo: Chiang Kai-shek’s son and successor as presidentTangwai movementLee Teng-hui: president from 1988 to 2000Hakka peopleWild Lily: student protests in 1990Sunflower movementFOW027 – Taiwan’s New Labour Law & Taiwanese PoliticsAfter 1990 Chen Shui-bian: president from 2000 to 2008228 Peace Memorial ParkFreedom SquareMa Ying-jeou: president from 2008 to 2016Transitional Justice after 2015 Tsai Ing-wen: president since 2016Transitional Justice CommissionTeaching Taiwan’s history famous Tang poets: Du Fu, Li BaiCheng Nan-jung: advocated freedom of speech; self-immolation in 1989Justice and closure Taiwan Families Receive Goodbye Letters Decades After ExecutionsReading material Chris Horton on TwitterMaggie Lewis on TwitterTaiwan SentinelNew Bloom MagazineThe Diplomat Who Quit the Trump AdministrationPhoto: Rovin Ferrer on Unsplash