Sunflower Movement

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Claire Richard:

"In Spring 2014, Taipei students took to the streets to protest against the ratification by the Parliament of a trade treaty with China, allowing China to invest heavily in several sectors. The vote took place without debate and students denounced both the denial of democracy and the risk of Chinese interference.

On March 18, students occupied the parliament. Very quickly, mobilizing images unfurled on social networks, occupants took the sunflower, symbol of hope, as their emblem." (http://blog.openculture.org/2015/10/12/audrey-tang-brilliant-programmer-hacks-politics-in-taiwan/)