July 13 Penghu incident

July 13 Penghu incident
Native name	七一三澎湖事件
Date	July 13, 1949; 72 years ago
Location	Taiwan
Type	Forced conscription by the Kuomintang
Outcome	Two principals and five students executed, unknown number of students killed
Deaths	7

The July 13 Penghu incident (from Chinese: 七一三澎湖事件) refers to the forced conscription of high school student refugees from Shandong, China who had recently arrived on Penghu, Taiwan. It was promised to the students that they could study while undergoing military training, but the Republic of China military officers (led by the Kuomintang) reneged on the promise of providing them an education.

In response, some students protested the decision, and they were bayoneted by soldiers and held captive. Later, two school principals tried to report the incident, and the military responded by arresting about 100 students, torturing them, and forcing them to confess as "Communist spies" and implicate the principals. There are unconfirmed accounts of soldiers killing students for resisting. About 40 students were brought to Taipei for trial, resulting in the execution of the two principals along with five students.^[1]^[2]

The incident is generally considered to be an example of human rights abuses during White Terror. On the 70th anniversary of the incident, an exhibition was hosted at the Penghu Reclamation Hall in Penghu and the Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park in Taipei to commemorate the incident.^[3]

References[]

^ Cheung, Han (July 10, 2016). "Students, soldiers and spies". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
^ Yang, Dominic Meng-Hsuan (2020). The Great Exodus from China. Cambridge University Press. p. 56. ISBN 9781108784306.
^ "70th Anniversary of the July 13 Penghu Incident". Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 7 February 2021.

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[1] Cheung, Han (July 10, 2016). "Students, soldiers and spies". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

[2] Yang, Dominic Meng-Hsuan (2020). The Great Exodus from China. Cambridge University Press. p. 56. ISBN 9781108784306.

[3] "70th Anniversary of the July 13 Penghu Incident". Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 7 February 2021.

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