The Taiwan Autonomy Song, created in 1925, stated how “the authority of government and public affairs” should be in their hands. The line from the song revealed how the Taiwanese believed they should be independent from their colonizer and be able to have authority. The song does not mention any really bad events that could be a possible reason for wanting independence. By reading the translation of the song it seemed that the Taiwanese people wanted to be free from the rule of the Japanese. Additionally, a quote that showed that the colonization of Taiwan was a bit bad was from the Taiwan Farmer Solidarity in 1930-1931. The quote said that there were people that were “working everyday with no rest” and that they were “heavily burdened”. Some people lived in “broken houses” and only had “three meals” that were just scraps of sweet potato with soybeans that were marinated. The quote acknowledged how the colonization of Taiwan was harsh for some people. Some citizens had to work constantly and were burdened by all the work and problems placed upon them. The quote also said how many people lived in houses that were not fit for living in. Also, some people only had three meals that were very small. Overall, the colonization of Taiwan by the Japanese was only slightly harsh. This is because some people lived a harsh life, while others did not find anything troubling about the colonization and just wanted …show more content…
There were many artifacts in each room of the museum. And artifact that was placed in almost every room was an old-styled phone or small radio. Some of the phones played a recording in Chinese that explained what happened. The recordings constantly talked about the Republic of China government. I think that the museum blames the government, which was originally from mainland China, because every exhibit revealed how the government, Republic of China, greatly affected the people in Taiwan. Some of the pictures and descriptions showed how bad it was for the citizens of Taiwan. Most of the pictures and artifacts showed how poorly the people were treated by the government. Therefore it can be inferred that the museum blames the government for the incident that happened on February