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Martial Law in Taiwan
Jacqueline K. Young
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One of the most momentous changes that happened during my generation was the lifting of martial law in 1987 that had been in place since 1949.

In 1987 I was in junior high, young enough to not understand what martial law meant but old enough to question the meaning when a teacher lectured us about what a mistake the lifting of martial law was. The lifting of marital law combined with the continuous efforts of people before and after started a series of changes and movements which led to Taiwan becoming a country of democracy without bloodshed, turmoil, or violence. My mother and her mother lived through the height of “White Terror” and martial law.
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