228 Incident (The Terrible Inspection)
artist: Jun Li (Rong-zan Huang)/ Woodcut Printmaking/ ca. 1947

A detailed account of the events that transpired on Feb 27 & 28, 1947 can be found HERE, a chapter from George H. Kerr’s book Formosa Betrayed, detailing his experiences in Taiwan as a US diplomat.

It should be noted that initial publication of the book prompted the KMT to acquire the rights to the manuscript and subsequently ban its distribution.

The book, now in public domain, can now be found in its entirety HERE.

a brief Wiki overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/228_Incident