However, the authors of the official report believe that the moral dimension is superfluous, saying that people make progress by learning from their mistakes. Mutual suspicion Huang said that the 228 Incident could be attributed to the different living standards in China and Taiwan at the time. Huang said that the two groups, mainlanders and Taiwanese, had been inadvertantly hurting each other's interests when the 228 Incident burst out in 1947, and the military repression that followed resulted in more misunderstanding and conflict. This established the superiority of the migrant mainlanders over Taiwanese. Huang said that it was understandable that some Taiwanese held a grudge against mainlanders.
Some historians suggest that uncovering and facing up to the facts of history is the only way out.
Giving Taiwan priority Li suggested that textbooks have to be revised to provide future generations with a deeper understanding of Taiwan's history. Historian Huang from the Academia Sinica agrees with Li, saying that stressing the history of Taiwan in textbooks would adjust long-term aberrations in Taiwan's history education. Every group should be confident that its existence in Taiwan is a positive factor. This story has been viewed 1038 times. The Taipei Times.