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what was the period of reform in czechoslovakia in 1968 called
The Prague Spring was a period of political liberalization and mass protest in Czechoslovakia as a Communist state after World War II.
What was the period of suppression in Taiwan during independence?
In Taiwan, the White Terror was the suppression of political dissidents which lasted for 38 years and 57 days from 19 May 1949 to 15 July 1987.

Question: What events proceeded this time period?
Self-contained rewrite: What events proceeded the White Terror in Taiwan?