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A memorial park at the site of the POW camp was opened in 1997. [9] Although the minerals have since been depleted, the town still attracts many visitors to its Gold Ecological Park, which opened in October 2004. Jinguashi was named a potential World Heritage Site in 2002. [10]
Two years later, the building was made the home of the Taipei 228 Memorial Museum and the park was rededicated as 228 Peace Memorial Park. [ 3 ] [ 7 ] The 228 Memorial Monument was designed by Taiwanese architect Cheng Tzu-tsai , [ 8 ] who was convicted of attempted murder in 1971 following a 1970 assassination attempt on Chiang Ching-kuo . [ 9 ]
This monument was established at Mituo Road (彌陀路) in Chiayi City, which close to the boundary between Chiayi City and Zhongpu Township, Chiayi County originally. In 2017, to facilitate the Widening Project of Mituo Road, the Memorial Monument was moved to Chiayi City 228 Memorial Park, which is located at the intersection of Mituo Road, Qiming Road (啟明路), and Gongyi Road (公義路) .
February 28 is now an official public holiday called Peace Memorial Day, on which the president of Taiwan gathers with other officials to ring a commemorative bell in memory of the victims. Monuments and memorial parks to the victims of the February 28 incident have been erected in a number of Taiwanese cities.
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen renewed her pledge to strengthen Taiwan's self-defense on Wednesday as she visited a war memorial from the last time Taiwan and China battled. Tsai, visiting the ...
At the time most Taiwanese intellectuals did not wish for Taiwan to be an extension of Japan. "Taiwan is Taiwan people's Taiwan" became a common position for all anti-Japanese groups for the next decade. In December 1920, Lin Hsien-tang and 178 Taiwanese residents filed a petition to Tokyo seeking self-determination. It was rejected. [71]
Taiwan will withdraw the military honour guards at the memorial hall for former leader Chiang Kai-shek as part of ongoing efforts to end the "veneration of authoritarianism", the culture ministry ...
On 17 August 1943, over the southeastern German city of Regensburg, the 100th lost nine out of the 22 Fortresses dispatched, equating to 90 men dead (10 per crew).