VIDEO - The 1976 Double Ten-Day Bombings – S6 [Bonus]

<p>CORRECTION: This episode originally said Wang Sing-nan was currently serving as a legislator. This was an error. Wang retired in 2012. We regret the mistake and we appreciate Steven Crook for pointing it out. </p><p>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br></p><p>In October 1976, three innocent-looking dictionaries were mailed to senior officials in Taiwan. Hidden inside each was a homemade bomb. Two exploded, and one of the targets, Taiwan Provincial Governor Hsieh Tung-min, was badly injured. </p><p><br></p><p>Hsieh (1908–2001) was a Taichung native who had left Japanese-ruled Taiwan as a teenager to study in China. He joined the KMT in 1930 and was one of the Taiwanese returnees who became important intermediaries in Taiwan&#39;s postwar years.</p><p><br></p><p>The bomber was Wang Sing-nan, born in Tainan in 1941. After moving to the United States for business, he became involved in radical pro-independence politics. Convinced that peaceful opposition to the KMT regime was futile, he hatched a drastic plan for action. </p><p><br></p><p>What happened to both men after the bombings is surprising, so make sure to follow this episode to the very end.</p><p><br></p>