In TW 60 years and democracy movement leader: US blocked independence, TW now may be center of WWIII скачать в хорошем качестве

In TW 60 years and democracy movement leader: US blocked independence, TW now may be center of WWIII

Glossary of terms: Linda Arrigo- American activist who supports Taiwanese independence and has lived in Taiwan for over 60 years Shih Ming-teh (Nori)- Famous leader of Taiwan's democracy movement, Arrigo's first husband Mainlanders-People of Han decent who lived in Taiwan pre-1949 Native Taiwanese- People of Han decent who lived in Taiwan pre-1949 (not indigenous) 228 Incident- A riot and subsequent massacre in 1947 due to ethnic tensions between the Natives and Mainlanders Republic of China (ROC)- Country that controls what people usually now call "Taiwan" People's Republic of China (PRC)- Country that controls what people usually now call "China" Chiang Kai Shek (CKS)- President, and dictator, of the ROC until 1975 Chiang Ching-kuo- CKS's son and President of the ROC KMT- Political party of CKS Kang Ning-hsiang- Leader of democracy movement opposing the KMT Chen Chu- Leader of democracy movement and Arrigo's close friend Zhongli Incident- Riot after local elections in 1978 Kaohsiung Incident- Protest that led to the arrest of Shih and deportation of Arrigo DPP- Opposition party formed in 1986 that was the result of Arrigo and Shih's activism Chen Shui-bian- President of Taiwan and Shih's lawyer after the Kaoshuing Incident Ma Ying-jeou- President of the ROC and former special agent of the KMT in the US Chen Wen Chen- Professor who was killed due to political affiliations Lin Yi-hsiung- Taiwanese politician whose family was killed after the Kaohsiung Incident Formosa Betrayed- English-language book detailing the 228 Incident About Linda Arrigo Linda Arrigo moved to Taiwan in 1963 with her father, a veteran with a Taiwanese girlfriend. Her early connection to Chinese culture led her to start learning Chinese before arriving. After moving to Taiwan, she quickly experienced the oppressive atmosphere under Chiang Kai-shek's (CKS) martial law but connected with Taiwan's local culture, which CKS actively suppressed. Arrigo married her first husband and moved to the U.S. in the late 1960s. There, she became aware of Taiwan’s political oppression, reading Formosa Betrayed and encountering “Professional Students” at Stanford, who reported suspicious activities to the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT). In 1975, Arrigo returned to Taiwan to research female factory workers. She met opposition leader Kang Ning-hsiang at her father-in-law's house, where many native Taiwanese businessmen funded the opposition to counter the state-controlled economy. Through her research, she observed Taiwan's economic transformation and demographic shifts fueling democratization. Native Taiwanese began to prosper and support political opposition, while many Mainlanders assimilated through marriage, opening civil and government roles to locals. Arrigo met activist Chen Chu, who introduced her to key opposition figures. After divorcing her first husband, she fully joined the democracy movement. In 1977, she was expelled from National Taiwan University for reporting on the Zhongli Incident, a riot during local elections. With her visa expiring, she married political prisoner Shih Ming-teh, and together they organized rallies for arrested dissidents. In 1978, amid fears of a PRC invasion following US recognition of China, the opposition sought to show the world that Taiwan was not synonymous with CKS’s dictatorship. The KMT, unable to justify a broad crackdown due to shifting U.S. policies, exploited the Kaohsiung Incident in 1979. Arrigo helped organize the peaceful protest, which the KMT framed as an insurrection by hiring thugs to incite violence. Following the incident, Shih was arrested, and Arrigo was deported. In the US, she collaborated with Taiwanese-Americans to pressure the U.S. government, resulting in an open trial for Shih and increased scrutiny of the KMT's martial law. Shih served 10 years in prison. Arrigo, meanwhile, struggled with blacklisting in the U.S. and could not return to Taiwan until 1990, as the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) gained prominence. By 1994, Arrigo’s relationship with Shih deteriorated after a trip to South Africa with the KMT, where she realized he was capitalizing on his fame. They divorced shortly afterward. To Arrigo, the democratic movement’s goal was to secure Taiwan's self-determination and independence. However, by the 1990s, the DPP increasingly aligned with the interests of Taiwanese businessmen. Arrigo criticized the US for stifling constitutional reform in 2004, leaving Taiwan in a holding pattern of US appeasement. She sees this as dangerous, as US short-term interests could place Taiwan at the center of a potential World War III.