Martial Law in Taiwan

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:apologyBy President Lee Teng-hui (1995)
President Ma Ying-jeou (2008)
gptkbp:cause gptkb:Chinese_Civil_War
gptkbp:commemorates gptkb:National_Human_Rights_Museum
gptkb:White_Terror_Memorial_Park
February 28 Peace Memorial Park
Memorials and museums in Taiwan
gptkbp:duration 38 years
gptkbp:endDate 1987-07-15
gptkbp:followedBy Democratization of Taiwan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Martial Law in Taiwan
gptkbp:imposedBy gptkb:Republic_of_China_government
gptkb:Kuomintang
gptkbp:internationalResponse limited international criticism during Cold War
gptkbp:legalBasis Martial Law Decree
gptkbp:liftedBy gptkb:Chiang_Ching-kuo
gptkbp:location gptkb:Taiwan
gptkbp:mediaCoverage censorship of press
ban on opposition publications
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Kaohsiung_Incident
Formosa Magazine Incident
gptkbp:notableVictim gptkb:Peng_Ming-min
gptkb:Shih_Ming-teh
Chen Wen-chen
Lin Yi-hsiung family
Tang Te-chang
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Chinese_Civil_War
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Taiwanese_democracy_movement
gptkb:Chiang_Ching-kuo
gptkb:Kuomintang
gptkb:Chiang_Kai-shek
gptkb:Taiwanese_independence_movement
gptkb:228_Incident
gptkb:White_Terror_(Taiwan)
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:censorship
gptkb:White_Terror
curtailment of civil liberties
suppression of political dissent
arrests of political opponents
ban on new newspapers
ban on new political parties
gptkbp:significance longest period of martial law in modern history at the time
foundation for later democratization
major impact on Taiwan's political development
gptkbp:startDate 1949-05-19
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:二二八和平紀念日
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6