defining of a peopl

In this essay, the author

• Analyzes how the boston massacre of 1770, the 1836 battle of the alamo and the protests for civil rights led by martin luther in the 1960s all contributed to the united states identity.
• Analyzes how the initial expectations for the future of taiwan after wwii held by the taiwanese and kmt were the fuel and foundation for countering interpretations.
• Analyzes how the kmt's expectations of the taiwanese were dashed from the moment they stepped onto the island. the civil war explains the undisciplined and uncultured state of their soldiers.

• Analyzes how the boston massacre of 1770, the 1836 battle of the alamo and the protests for civil rights led by martin luther in the 1960s all contributed to the united states identity.
• Analyzes how the initial expectations for the future of taiwan after wwii held by the taiwanese and kmt were the fuel and foundation for countering interpretations.
• Analyzes how the kmt's expectations of the taiwanese were dashed from the moment they stepped onto the island. the civil war explains the undisciplined and uncultured state of their soldiers.
• Analyzes how the taiwanese became dissatisfied with the efficiency of the new regime and their unscrupulous soldiers and officials. they self-identified as an "ethnically bound 'we group'
• Analyzes how the polarized stances and contradicting expectations helped explain the tension and disdain that accumulated into the eruption of violence during the february 28 incident.
• Analyzes how the kmt's initial reaction and interpretation of the riots of february 28, once concessions made by chen yi failed, was that of rebellion. generalissimo deployed war ships and additional troops to sternly quell the dissidents insurrection
• Opines that sending troops to squelch a rebellion is justifiable, but the shooting and bayoneting of men and boys, raping of women, and looting homes and shops would prove moral permissiveness.
• Opines that the kmt's murderous actions would not be fully endorsed by the generalissimo to the extent of violence that is depicted by survivors of the incident.
• Analyzes the kmt's preference that the blame for the brutal actions of the event and the misrule that led to the riots did not fall on their administration.
• Analyzes how the february 28 incident was outlawed, but the memory of those killed was echoed in the harsh actions of the kmt under martial law.
• Explains that the taiwan independent movement (tim) was a group of taiwanese people who had lived at the time of the uprising and stood behind the sentiment that reunification made no sense.
• Analyzes how the kmt's forced silence of mentioning the incident and casting all the blame on communists and 'ambitious' taiwanese solidified a more vehement animosity towards their regime from the taiwan
• Explains that the kmt has gained a large base of public support as evident in their ability to hold direct presidential elections and remain in office. their change of stance on the february 28 incident from forbidding open discussion to acknowledging the regimes role in the violence.
• Analyzes the contemporary poignancy of the february 28 incident to the taiwanese people. it has received different interpretations throughout the years and survived the attempts of washing it from history.