The man behind the “February 28th” incident in Taiwan, who was severely punished after the establishment of the Chinese Communist Party, eventually died a tragic death.

Founder of the TAC, Xie Xuehong, was criticized several times

According to the history of the Chinese Communist Party, one of the influential figures in the “February 28th” incident in Taiwan in 1947 was Xie Xuehong, who was born and raised in Taiwan. After the failure of the riot, Xie left Taiwan for Hong Kong and Shanghai, where he founded the TAC.

So, how did Xie Xuehong become involved with the Communist Party? In 1928, Xie Xuehong returned from his studies and decided to establish the “Taiwan Communist Party” in Shanghai, with the aim of promoting the insurrection in Taiwan. He was arrested twice. Xie Xuehong’s husband, Yang Kehuang, was a member of the Communist Party.

After the establishment of the Chinese Communist Party, Xie Xuehong became a guest of the CPC, serving as a member of the East China Military and Political Affairs Commission, a member of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the State Council, Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Youth Federation, Executive Member of the National Women’s Federation, and Chairman of the First Headquarters Council of the TCCU.

In 1957, she was branded as a “rightist” during the anti-rightist movement. According to the chronology attached to Xie Xuehong’s biography “Half of My Life“, which was dictated by Xie and written by Yang Kehuang, Xie was repeatedly criticized by various factions of the TCCU between 1966 and 1969 after the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution, and her record of criticism is as follows: from September 3 to 14, 1966, she was raided and criticized four times at her Home in Yong’anli; on April 14, 1967, she was raided again. On April 29, 1967, he was criticized at the TCC office; on March 1, 1969, he was criticized at a meeting ……

In the ten criticism meetings against Xie Xuehong, it can be said that the “sins” of the 1952 Rectification Movement were almost rehashed again. Beijing‘s Guangming Daily said, “Xie Xuehong joined the Communist Party in 1947, and for ten years she has been calling herself a ‘veteran revolutionary’ and a ‘228 heroine’, with her eyes open to everything but herself. ” She was accused of “releasing many poisonous arrows” to attack the CCP. As a result, Xie Xuehong was labeled as an “anti-Party, anti-socialist” and a “traitor to the Communist Party and a deserter from 228.

In such a repressive environment, Xie Xuehong soon contracted lung cancer and passed away on November 5, 1970, at the age of 69. Because of her status as a critic, she died not in her hospital room, but in the aisles of the hospital.