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1、ChiangKai-shekandthe28February1947Incident:AReassessment1GaryRawnsley&Ming-YehRawnsleyPublishedinIssuesandStudies,vol.37,no.6(2001),pp.77-106TheroleandresponsibilityofGeneralissimoChiangKai-shekinthe28thFebruary1947Incident(2-28)hasalwaysbeenviewedasas
2、ensitiveissue.Severalfactorshavecontributedtothis:oneisthehesitationinascribingblameforsuchatrocitiestothemanstillconsideredbymanyasthesaviourofTaiwan,ifnotChina.Infact,aminorschoolofhagiographyhasignored2-28altogether.TheproceedingsoftheConferenceonCh
3、iangKai-shek,heldinTaiwanin1987,areaseriousindictmentofthelackofacademicobjectivityaboutChiangintheyearsfollowinghisdeathin21975.Infivevolumes–andonedevotedtoChiangKai-shekandTaiwan–2-28isnotmentionedonce.Instead,wearetreatedtopurpleprosethathasfewroot
4、sinhistoricalfact.OnecontributionbyChenChe-sanprovidesavividdescriptionofChiang'sdeath:Whenhelefttheworld,suddenlythewindbegantoblowingusts,lighteningflashed,andtherainbegantopourdown.TomostChinesepeople,themanpassingawaywiththewindandlighteningwasnotj
5、usttheirchiefofstatebut1TheauthorswouldliketoexpresstheirgratitudetotheBritishAcademywhichprovidedthefinancialsupportforthisresearchin2000.TheBritishAcademyhasalsosponsoredMing-YehRawnsley'spresentationofthisresearchtotheAmericanAssociationofChineseStu
6、dies,October2001.Forassistanceintheresearch,theauthorswouldliketoacknowledgethehelpofAcademiaHistoricaforgrantingaccesstotheTahsiarchives;ProfessorC.L.Chiou;andespeciallyProfessorsLaiTse-hanandHuangChang-JienofAcademiaSinicawhoagreedtodiscussthisresear
7、chwithusduringatriptoTaipei,August2001.2TheexceptionisthecontributionbyGuyAlitto,'ChiangKai-shekinWesternHistoriography',inVolumeI,pp.719-808.Weappreciatehiscommentsonthispaper,givenattheannualconferenceoftheAmericanAssociationforChineseStudiesinChicag
8、o,2001.2alsotheirsagaciousmentor.Onthenextday,"frompopulouscitiestoremotevillagesinthemountainsorbythesea,everypartoftheislandhadbeenimmersedindeepmourning"(Chen,1987:560).Withoutprovidinganysupportingevidence,ProfessorChenthenstatestha