He joined the National Revolutionary Army led by Chiang Kai-shek after graduating from the Whampoa Military Academy.

Chen Yi, who was chief executive of Taiwan Province, received a telegram from Chiang Kai-shek that reinforcements would arrive from Shanghai and created the "228 Incident Settlement Committee" to stall for time.

The Settlement Committee asked local legislators including Tan Teng-pho, Phuan Bok-tsi (潘木枝) and Kho Lin (柯麟) to go the airport to negotiate with the Kuomintang.

[6] The high court decision stated: ...this defamation suit was concerned with the historical truth of the February 28 Incident in 1947.

Although some new reports on the Incident have been released [which argued for Mr. Tu and against for Mr. Peng], they hardly provide any help for this court to decide on this case.

[2] The director of the 228 Memorial Museum Yang Chen-lung said the total death toll was absolutely more than 600 people, with many going missing.

Yang's uncle was a victim in the massacre as well, and his family was too scared report his death until 16 years later.