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Taipei, Taiwan- February 28, 2014: Tsai Ing-Wen, ex-chairwoman of Taiwan’s major opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) left 228 Peace Memorial Park after laying flowers in front of the monument on Taiwan during anniversary of the 1947 massacre which thousands were killed by nationalist Kuomintang troops from China, at the Taipei Peace Park on February 28, 2014. The massacre remained taboo for decades under the late nationalist KMT leader Chiang Kai-shek's rule. It was not until 1995 that then president Lee Teng-hui made the first official apology.

Taipei, Taiwan- February 28, 2014: Tsai Ing-Wen, ex-chairwoman of Taiwan’s major opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) left 228 Peace Memorial Park after laying flowers in front of the monument on Taiwan during anniversary of the 1947 massacre which thousands were killed by nationalist Kuomintang troops from China, at the Taipei Peace Park on February 28, 2014. The massacre remained taboo for decades under the late nationalist KMT leader Chiang Kai-shek's rule. It was not until 1995 that then president Lee Teng-hui made the first official apology. Stock Photo

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Taipei, Taiwan- February 28, 2014: Tsai Ing-Wen, ex-chairwoman of Taiwan’s major opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) left 228 Peace Memorial Park after laying flowers in front of the monument on Taiwan during anniversary of the 1947 massacre which thousands were killed by nationalist Kuomintang troops from China, at the Taipei Peace Park on February 28, 2014. The massacre remained taboo for decades under the late nationalist KMT leader Chiang Kai-shek's rule. It was not until 1995 that then president Lee Teng-hui made the first official apology. Parliament later agreed to compensate the victims and made February 28 an official holiday. (Photo by Yunjie Liao/Pacific Press)

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