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(Lexington: The University of Kentucky Press, 2016). 267 pp. $45.00 cloth. On the evening of 20 March 1957, Master Sergeant Robert G. Reynolds, a member of the u.s . Military Assistance Advisory Group ( maag ) in Taiwan, killed a Chinese man named Liu Ziran. Reynolds told investigators that his wife Clara had spotted Liu leering at her from outside the window while she was bathing. Reynolds then confronted Liu with a pistol, hoping to scare him away or hold him until military police arrived. Instead, he claimed, Liu charged at him with a metal pipe, compelling Reynolds to fire two shots at close range. Local authorities and civilians believed Reynolds had murdered Liu in cold blood. American investigators, however, sided with Reynolds. On 23 May, a u.s . military court-martial in Taipei acquitted Reynolds of voluntary manslaughter. Anti-American protests and riots broke out the next day. Rioters stormed into the u.s . Embassy and injured several American diplomats after overwhelming local police. u.s . officials suspected that senior members of the Republic of China ( roc ) government, most likely Chiang Kai-shek’s son, Ching-kuo, had orchestrated the riots. But the events of 24 May, which the Americans
Journal of American-East Asian Relations – Brill
Published: Nov 21, 2016
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