CategoryHistorical Background

Many of the direct antecedents of the Sunflower Movement trace back to controversial political events or social movements that broke out in years prior to 2014

The Anti-Media Monopoly Movement

The Anti-Media Monopoly Movement

The Anti-Media Monopoly Movement opposed the buying up of Taiwanese media companies by companies with substantial investments in China, leading to restrictions on press freedoms

The Hung Chung-Hsiu Incident

The Hung Chung-Hsiu Incident

The Hung Chung-Hsiu Incident led to some of the largest demonstrations in Taiwan in the years before the Sunflower Movement

Forced Land Evictions In Dapu, Miaoli

Forced Land Evictions In Dapu, Miaoli

Protests in Dapu, Miaoli took place with youth activists demonstrating against the government evicting residents of rural Miaoli from their homes because of the valuable real estate they lived on

The Anti-Nuclear Movement

The Anti-Nuclear Movement

Taiwan’s anti-nuclear movement has a long history dating back to the authoritarian period, and so it is no surprise that the anti-nuclear movement would also be significant within the Sunflower Movement

ECFA

ECFA

The ECFA was in many ways a predecessor agreement to the CSSTA

The Losheng Sanatorium Struggle

The Losheng Sanatorium Struggle

The Losheng Sanatorium Struggle was the struggle to prevent the eviction of residents of the Losheng Sanatorium, a hospital for lepers dating from the Japanese colonial period originally built in 1929

Anti-Eviction Struggles In Military Villages

Anti-Eviction Struggles In Military Villages

With youth activists coming to the aid of former military veterans facing eviction from their homes, this was another case of youth activists coming to the aid of those victimized in the course of Taiwanese history

The Wenmeng Pavilion Struggle

The Wenmeng Pavilion Struggle

The demand by youth activists working to preserve the Wenmeng Pavilion was a struggle not only to preserve a slice of Taiwanese history but to take a stronger stand for the rights of sex workers in Taiwan

The Shida Underground Incident

The Shida Underground Incident

The Shida Underground Incident was an incident in which the live house Underground was closed because of complaints from local residents because of noise

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