In early March, in the continuation of what has been a decade-long clash between Shezi Island (Shezidao) citizens and the Taipei City government, another round of protests on the peninsula was provoked by a visit from the administration of Chiang Wan-an, the new KMT mayor of Taipei...
Clashes broke out between residents of Shezidao, also known as Shezi Island, and police last week on Wednesday. These clashes took place in context of the Taipei city government’s second stage review environmental impact assessment conducted on the prospect of development on the island. This led to not only fighting with the police, but clashes between residents of Shezidao in favor of development and those opposed to it. This may be one of the first times that fighting has broken out during a protest during the current COVID-19 outbreak that Taiwan is currently in the late stages of...