Im against the government carrying out behind-the-doors negotiations with China, Mr Liu said. You cant just force the agreements through. They involve the people. They will affect our generation. Im worried many things are decided by the government, not the people. Although the students are too young to have lived through the White Terror period of martial law, political suppression and lack of press and other freedoms, they are aware that Taiwans democracy was hard won and that people power helped bring about legislative elections in the 1980s and the first presidential election in the 1990s. Along with posting pictures ridiculing President Ma Ying-jeou, the students have put on the wall of the parliament chamber pictures of the previous generation of Taiwans democracy activists. They believe it is now up to them to protect Taiwans democracy. In the past, our young people are not active in politics because their parents told them to just quietly go about your studies, because the parents lived through the 228 Incident [a 1947 massacre and political suppression], said Shane Lee, a political science professor at Chang Jung Christian University.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 03:56:08 +0000
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