Before Chiang Ching-kuo announced the lifting of martial law in July 1987, "228" was a taboo subject in Taiwan. Almost no one in the younger generation knew anything about it, although overseas the incident had attracted great attention.
在民國 76 年 7 月蔣經國總統宣佈解除戒嚴之前，「228」是台灣社會的禁忌，年輕一代幾乎無人知曉，反倒在海外廣受重視。