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Ng Bi-chu
Juan Mei-shu or Ng Bi-chu (; 28 November 1928 – 28 November 2016) was a Taiwanese activist, musician, and researcher. Her father was a victim of the 228 Incident, an anti-government uprising that occurred in 1947 when she was eighteen. She spent much of her life studying the event and the subsequent White Terror period. Background had begun a career in print media in 1932, and by 1947 was working for the government-owned ''Taiwan Shin Sheng Daily News''. An editorial written in the paper shortly after 28 February 1947 attracted government attention and Juan was arrested on 12 March. This marked the last time Ng saw her father alive. The publication announced thirteen days later that Juan and editor Wu Chin-lien had been replaced. Ng went to study music in Japan, and did not know what had happened to her father until 1968, while reading ''Taiwan: A History of Agonies'', in which Ong Iok-tek Ông Io̍k-tek (, Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese: Ông Io̍k-tek; ; 30 January 1924&nda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Terror (Taiwan)
The White Terror () was the political repression of Taiwanese civilians under the Kuomintang (KMT)-ruled government. The period of White Terror is generally considered to have begun when martial law was declared in Taiwan on 19 May 1949, which was enabled by the 1948 Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion, and ended on 21 September 1992 with the repeal of Article 100 of the Criminal Code, allowing for the prosecution of "anti-state" activities. The Temporary Provisions were repealed a year earlier on 22 April 1991 and martial law was lifted on 15 July 1987. The period of White Terror generally does not include the 228 Incident of 1947, in which the KMT killed at least 18,000 Taiwanese civilians in response to a popular uprising, and also summarily executed many local political and intellectual elites. The two are frequently discussed in tandem as it was the catalyst that motivated the KMT to begin the White Terror. Martial law was declared and lifted twice durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ng Tiau-jit
Ng, ng, or NG may refer to: * Ng (name) (黄 伍 吳), a surname of Chinese origin Arts and entertainment * N-Gage (other), a handheld gaming system * Naked Giants, Seattle rock band * '' Spirit Hunter: NG'', a video game Businesses and organizations * Lauda Air (airline code NG) * National Geographic (other) * National Grid plc, a British multinational electricity and gas utility company * National Guard (other) * ''Nederlandse Gidsen'' (Dutch Guides), one of the Scouting organisations that evolved into the national Scouting organisation of the Netherlands * Newgrounds, an American entertainment and social media website and company * Northrop Grumman Corporation, a major United States defense contractor * Notgemeinschaft der Deutschen Wissenschaft, a German scientific society Language * Ndonga dialect (ISO 639 alpha-2 ng), a dialect of Oshiwambo * Ng (digraph), a pair of letters representing various sounds * Ng (Arabic letter) * Ng (Filip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
