[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 4788]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    COMMEMORATING 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ``228 INCIDENT'' IN TAIWAN

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                        HON. THOMAS G. TANCREDO

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 27, 2007

  Mr.  TANCREDO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 60th 
anniversary of the ``228 Incident'' in Taiwan.
  On February 28, 1947, the arrest of a cigarette vendor in Taipei 
triggered large-scale protests there against military repression of 
Taiwan's residents.
  Madam Speaker, while the protests the event sparked were quashed in 
the days and weeks following the initial incident, the event had far 
reaching implications.
  Over the next half-century, the movement that grew out of the event 
helped to pave the way for Taiwan's momentous transformation from a 
dictatorship to thriving and pluralistic democracy.
  In some ways, the 228 incident was Taiwan's ``Boston Massacre.''
  Madam Speaker, I hope Members will join me in commemorating this 
important historical event, and I look forward to the day that we can 
welcome Taiwan's elected President to Washington, DC.

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