We have seen five days of occupation in the Ministry of Education courtyard. What have been international responses and what future prospects are there for the movement now?...
Day four of the occupation saw the largest set of protests yet, with between 1000 to 2000 protestors taking to the streets of Zhongshan South Road outside of the Ministry of Education....
Saturday afternoon, with the protest seemingly transitioning into a dormant state waiting on the government response to demands, Lin Kua- Hua’s mother finally broke her silence. ...
As we enter the third into fourth day of the Ministry of Education occupation, little progress would seem to have been made on the possibility of negotiating with the government regarding the demands made by student occupiers....
It was hard not to recall last year’s Sunflower Movement occupation walking into the Ministry of Education courtyard last night, down to the number of protestors but also in terms of numbers....
The chief reason why Taiwanese independence still resides in the margins of Taiwanese politics despite widespread support is because of Taiwan’s capitalist sociopolitical system....
With social movements, it seems that once recognition of a movement’s historical significance sets in, so, too, does the impulse to document the movement for posterity....