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美麗島事件
简 美丽岛事件 · 繁 美麗島事件Mandarin · pinyin Měi lì Dǎo Shì jiàn
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- Kaohsiung Incident (aka Formosa Incident), a crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on 10 December 1979 during Taiwan's martial law period
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3–4–3–4–4 · Mei3 li4 Dao3 Shi4 jian4
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name
- Kaohsiung Incident
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