The Critical Sixteen Days: General Bai Chongxi and 228
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Pai Hsien-yong reveals yet another major revelation about his father Bai Chongxi and Taiwan's history. Only with the truth can there be healing! The February 28th Incident in 1947 was the most tragic tragedy in modern Taiwan's history, and its impact and influence have not dissipated to this day. To some extent, it can be said that 228 is the starting point of contemporary Taiwan history. After the incident broke out, Bai Chongxi was dispatched by the Nationalist Government to Taiwan to express condolences, relieve pain, heal the wounds, soothe people's hearts, and quell the unrest. For 16 days, he played a crucial role. "The Crucial Sixteen Days" is about the famous writer Bai Xianyong, son of General Bai Chongxi, and the historian Liao Yanbo. They jointly visited the elderly, collected buried historical materials, and included about 70 historical photos to restore the historical facts of the critical sixteen days. This book adopts the attitude of "restoring the historical truth" and uses various archives, telegrams, letters, as well as diaries and oral interview records of relevant parties to reconstruct the causes and consequences of Bai Chongxi's order to go to Taiwan to express condolences. It tries to use each hour as a unit to closely observe these critical sixteen days of healing the pain.
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