February 28 Incident

Japanese: 二･二八事件 - ににはちじけん

Anti-Kuomintang riots broke out among Taiwanese residents in 1947. In October 1945, the Kuomintang government's Taiwan Acquisition Committee, led by Taiwan Provincial Chief Executive Chen Yi, took over administrative power from the Japanese colonial authorities. Initially, the Taiwanese people welcomed the return to their motherland. However, social unrest ensued as native Taiwanese (Han Chinese who had been living in Taiwan since before World War II) were excluded from the provincial government, corruption was rampant in the confiscation of Japanese assets, and officials and soldiers from the mainland were incompetent and did not observe discipline. Furthermore, runaway inflation progressed, and discontent among native Taiwanese rapidly increased.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1947年に起こった台湾住民による反中国国民党暴動。1945年10月，台湾省行政長官陳儀らの国民党政権台湾接収委員は日本植民地当局から施政権を引き継いだ。当初，台湾住民は祖国復帰を歓迎した。しかし本省人(第2次大戦前から台湾に居住していた漢族)が，省政府から排除されたり，日本資産の接収をめぐる不正が横行，また大陸出身の官吏･兵士が無能で規律を遵守しないため，社会的混乱が発生した。さらに悪性インフレが進行，本省人の不満は急激に増大した。

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