How Did The Occupiers Understand What They Were Doing?
It is unsurprising that there were differences in thinking among the occupiers themselves. Some were opposed only to the undemocratic means by which the CSSTA trade bill was passed into law, the...
View ArticleDid Everyone Understand What The Demands Of The Movement Were?
Very probably, not all of the participants within the movement understood what the demands of the movement were, what the CSSTA was, or why they opposed the CSSTA. It is not always that all...
View ArticleWas The Sunflower Movement An Anti-China Movement?
Obviously, the Sunflower Movement came out of a series of developments in preceding years which were a reaction to Chinese attempts to decrease Taiwan’s political sovereignty through economic means....
View ArticleWas The Sunflower Movement An Anti-Free Trade Movement?
There were those individuals who were participants of the Sunflower Movement who explicitly opposed policies of free trade and would oppose free trade agreements (FTAs) signed by Taiwan regardless of...
View ArticleWhat Was The CSSTA?
The CSSTA, or Cross-Strait Services Trade Agreement (海峽兩岸服務貿易協議 frequently abbreviated to 服貿), was a free trade agreement that was to be signed with China by the Ma administration. This was to be...
View ArticleWhat Was The “Black Box” And Why Were Occupiers Opposed To It?
The “Black Box” (黑箱), which has become a term ubiquitous in Taiwanese politics since the Sunflower Movement, was a term used to refer to the opaque and undemocratic means by which the KMT forced the...
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