Kudos to Ken for making clear it’s the KMT government and not just “Taiwanese “ government. Just like the French history with First Republic and Second Republic etc, Taiwan history needs to have the clarity of KMT Authoritarian First Republic and the general election Second Republic which has a very different political flavors than the KMT dominant period.
Her grandma taught English at the time. Thus, grandma was highly educated as well as her grandpa. KMT did target intellectuals, particularly those were willing to say and do things for people. My parents never talk about their childhood until Chen became President. The reason is simple, fear, the fear brought by White Terror. 現在年輕人無法體這樣的恐懼，也無法理解當年高喊”消滅萬惡共匪”的政黨，如今的行為與主張是多麼好笑。
