Beipu uprising

Beipu Uprising
DateNovember 1907
Location
Hoppo, Shinchiku Chō, Taiwan
Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
Hakka
Saisiyat		  Japan
Commanders and leaders
Tsai Ching-lin Empire of Japan Sakuma Samata
Casualties and losses
~100 killed 57 killed
"Memorial stone to Five Japanese Children who were Slaughtered" (五子碑紀念被屠殺日本幼童)
"Monument to Five Children" (五子碑及其石製基座)

The Beipu Incident (Chinese: 北埔事件), or the Beipu Uprising, in 1907 was the first instance of an armed local uprising against the Japanese rule of the island of Taiwan. In response to oppression of the local population by the Japanese authorities, a group of insurgents from the Hakka subgroup of Han Chinese and Saisiyat indigenous group in Hoppo, Shinchiku Chō (modern-day Beipu, Hsinchu County), attacked Japanese officials and their families. In retaliation, Japanese military and police killed more than 100 Hakka people. The local uprising was the first of its kind in Taiwan under Japanese rule, and led to others over the following years.