Taiwan's deepest scar

Efforts to wipe out the memories of 228 and smooth relations between native Taiwanese and those of mainland Chinese origin were exemplified by former president Lee Teng-hui's (李登輝) call for an identity among people not as mainlanders or native Taiwanese, but as New Taiwanese.

The New Taiwanese slogan has caught on, as time and intermarriage between ethnic groups has blurred the distinctions between mainlanders and Taiwanese, but 228 remains as a symbol of Taiwan's ongoing identity struggle.