Text: Taiwan Fashion Chronicle When it comes to the commotion caused by the "uniform", what comes to your mind? Perhaps it was the "trousers-off" protest at Tainan Girls' High School in 2013, or the debate over the "retention and abolition of uniforms" in recent years. But long before calls to reform uniforms emerged, the early postwar period of the 1940s produced a series of commotions over uniforms.
In mid-March 1949, Teachers job email list College (now National Taiwan Normal University) and National Taiwan University students were banned and beaten by the police for illegally riding bicycles, triggering a series of protests by students across Taiwan; Incite students, decide to take strong measures. So on April 6, soldiers armed with guns entered the National Taiwan University campus and Teachers College to arrest students, and many students and faculty were punished and sentenced. The incident, known as the "46 Incident", is considered to be the beginning of the white terror on campus. At first glance, this white terror incident caused by the student movement has nothing to do with "uniforms".
Could it be that the students protested because they did not obey the uniform rules? no. Or because of soaring prices, not enough public funds to buy uniforms and cause dissatisfaction? This is indeed one of the demands of the students. But the biggest reason is also absurd—during the April 6 Incident, the Nationalist government finally discovered that student uniforms and military uniforms looked too similar. 1658395520432 Photo Credit: Taiwan Fashion Magazine The Beginning of Chaos: Republic of China Uniforms in Wartime Before talking about all this chaos, let's take a look at what the uniform of the Republic of China looks like. Unlike today's college students who are free to wear casual clothes, there were still uniform regulations for college students at that time. In the 18th year of the Republic of China, the Ministry of Education announced the "Student Uniform Regulations".