Beipu uprising

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Beipu Uprising
DateNovember 1907
Location
Hoppo, Shinchiku Chō, Taiwan
Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
Hakka
Saisiyat		  Japan
Commanders and leaders
Tsai Ching-lin Empire of Japan Sakuma Samata
Casualties and losses
~100 killed 57 killed
"Memorial stone to Five Japanese Children who were Slaughtered" (五子碑紀念被屠殺日本幼童)
"Monument to Five Children" (五子碑及其石製基座)

The Beipu Incident (

island of Taiwan. In response to oppression of the local population by the Japanese authorities, a group of insurgents from the Hakka subgroup of Han Chinese and Saisiyat indigenous group in Hoppo, Shinchiku Chō (modern-day Beipu, Hsinchu County
), attacked Japanese officials and their families. In retaliation, Japanese military and police killed more than 100 Hakka people. The local uprising was the first of its kind in Taiwan under Japanese rule, and led to others over the following years.

Background

Following the signing of the

Goto Shinpei, these disturbances still continued under Sakuma Samata, who succeeded Goto in 1905.[5]

As part of the push for modernisation under Japanese rule, Beipu prospered due to its nearby coal mines.

Taiwanese aborigines, rather than Han Chinese, these groups were viewed as barbarians and were particularly likely to face oppression from Japanese rule,[8] especially under Sakuma Samata's term as governor-general.[9]

Incident

In response to what was perceived as Japanese oppression, Tsai Ching-lin (蔡清琳) organised a group of insurgents in November 1907. The group, consisting mainly of Hakka with the support of the local Saisiyat aboriginal tribes, seized a collection of weapons in Beipu Township on 14 November. The following day, the insurgents killed 57 Japanese officers and their family members. As retribution, Japanese authorities killed more than 100 Hakka over the following days, the majority of whom were young males from Neitaping (內大坪), a small village in the area.[10]

Significance

The Beipu Incident was the first incident of its kind against the Japanese rule in Taiwan. Although other disturbances had occurred since the takeover in 1895, this was the first of a series of local uprisings which flared up quickly, and marked a new phase in armed Taiwanese resistance.

Wushe Incident in 1930 occurred, the latter of which ultimately led to a change in approach to Japanese dealings with the aboriginal tribes of Taiwan.[12]

See also

References

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  4. ^ Lamley 2007, p. 207
  5. ^ Lamley 2007, pp. 207–211
  6. ^ Dawson, Phil, "Visiting Taiwan – Experiencing Hakka Culture in Beipu" http://phildawson.org/2010/10/17/experiencing-hakka-culture-in-beipu/ Archived 8 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 5 October 2011.
  7. ^ The China Post, “Beipu Offers Glimpse into Hard-fought Hakka way of Life” http://www.chinapost.com.tw/travel/2004/08/23/51788/Beipu-offers.htm, accessed 4 October 2011.
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  9. ^ Roy 2003, pp. 39–40
  10. ^ Yang Ching-ting (28 November 2007). "Time to recall the Beipu Uprising". Taipei Times. p. 8. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  11. ^ Lamley, “Taiwan Under Japanese Rule, 1895–1945: The Vicissitudes of Colonialism", p. 211.
  12. ^ Ching 2000, pp. 797–799
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