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Ep. 317 | The History of Taiwan (Part 8)

The China History Podcast

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The Monopoly Bureau Incident

At approximately five o'clock, the governor general broadcast a message which appeared to have increased the anger of the people. While he was broadcasting, members of the American Consulate staff witnessed a severe clash between armed government forces and unarmed crowds. Mounted troops had killed two pedestrians near the compound. A crowd gathered in a few hundred yards away, railway administration's special armed police suddenly opened fire from within the administration building and killed two more pedestrians. The crowd turned on mainland railway bureau employees found nearby. Then, with no warning, a long burst of machine gun fire swept the area. It is stated reliably that at least 123 were felled by this burst and that 25 died. How many of

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