As the events of the Sunflower Student Movement unfold in Taiwan, we’ve compiled what we hope to be a comprehensive resource of up-to-date articles, analysis, live feeds, social media, and photos and footage of the protests. We know there are numerous other sources out there, so feel free to send us whatever you may find. Please continue checking back as the events of the movement unfold and as this list is continuously updated!
LAST UPDATED: 4/9/2014 11:18AM PST
THE SITUATION: GENERAL OVERVIEW
- Democracy at 4am, the official English website of the student movement with timeline of events, photos, videos, and coverage
- Taiwanese Occupy Legislature Over China Pact, The Diplomat
- Riot Police Crack Down on Taiwanese Protesters, The Diplomat
- What is the Sunflower Student Movement?, Savage Minds
- “Our democracy must not die”: The Faces of the Sunflower Movement, a photo essay by Benedict Young
THE VIEW FROM THE GROUND
- FIRSTHAND PHOTOS AND VIDEO CLIPS FROM THE PROTEST SITE
- Taiwan Democracy YouTube channel, videos from the Legislative Yuan
- Clashes outside the Executive Yuan
- Interviews with individual protesters, translated to English, uploaded by Nicholas Vaky
- LIVE VIDEO FEEDS AND STREAMS
- Reddit – Students AMA (live session archived)
- Live feed from inside the Legislative Yuan
- Live feed from inside the Legislative Yuan with English-speaking hosts
- Live blogging from inside the Legislative Yuan
SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS
- FACEBOOK
- American Citizens for Taiwan, policy-oriented updates
- Sunflower Secrets, English translations of social media posts and photos from the protesters
- Taiwan Voice, English Facebook page of the student protesters
MEDIA COVERAGE
- BLOGS, OPINIONS, AND ANALYSIS (organized in alphabetical order by publication)
- “Sunflower Roots”, American Citizens for Taiwan
- “What unprecedented protest means for Taiwan”, BBC News
- “Student protests and Taiwan’s soft power”, China Policy Institute
- “Taiwan Students Occupy the Legislature”, Daily Kos
- “Beijing Watches the Taiwan Protests”, The Diplomat
- “Hundreds of Thousands Protest Against Trade Pact in Taiwan”, The Diplomat
- “Protests Won’t Undermine Taiwan’s Reputation”, The Diplomat
- “Say Goodbye to ‘Peaceful Unification'”, The Diplomat
- Ongoing thorough analysis of the protests by J. Michael Cole, The Far Eastern Sweet Potato
- “Protests In Taiwan: A Long-Term Threat To Foreign Trade?”, Forbes
- “How new media allowed young Taiwanese protesters to reach the world faster”, Foreign Policy
- “Taiwan, between democracy and China, and in a hard place”, Fortune Magazine
- Analysis of state coercive power and non-violent protest, Frozen Garlic
- “Rebutting criticism of the student protests”, Letters from Taiwan
- “324: Dispatch from Taipei”, n+1
- “Asia Watches as Taiwan’s democracy falters”, Pacific Standard
- “Why a little-understood trade agreement upsets so many in Taiwan”, South China Morning Post
- VIDEO COVERAGE
- Taiwan’s Sunflower Student Revolution, China Uncensored, YouTube comedy channel
- English video from YouTube user VivChouTW
- Hundreds of Thousands in Taiwan, Wall Street Journal
- A cross-generational video, with English subtitles, “30 years ago, you protected us, now it is our turn to protect Taiwan”
- Bloomberg report and news reel
- BBC news footage and videos
- Taiwan NextMedia
- What the Formosa
- Our Island (beautiful aerial footage of 3/30 Taiwan rally)
- “Island’s Sunrise”, Sunflower student movement music video (TWIMI version)
- NEWS ARTICLES (organized in alphabetical order by publication)
- “Clashes as Taiwan students storm government HQ”, BBC News
- “Mass protest held in Taiwan over against China trade deal”, BBC News
- “Taiwan Students Occupy Legislature Over China Pact”, Bloomberg News
- “Taiwan Protest Draws More than 100,000 Against China Trade Deal”, Bloomberg News
- “Taiwan’s Ma Offers to Meet Student Leaders as Dispute Continues”, Bloomberg BusinessWeek
- “For Taiwan’s Embattled President, Awkward Similarities”, Bloomberg BusinessWeek
- “Is China Losing Taiwan?” Bloomberg View
- “Taiwan Legislature occupiers’ ultimatum passes without response from government”, CNN
- “Taiwan police clash with students in protests over trade deal”, CNN
- “Manning the trade barriers”, The Economist
- “On the antlers of a dilemma”, The Economist
- “Sunflower sutra”, The Economist
- “Thousands of Taiwanese rally against closer ties with China”, Financial Times
- “PHOTOS: Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement Protest Is Also Strikingly Beautiful”, Huffington Post
- “Journalists Obstructed as Police Use Force at Taiwan Student Demonstration”, The International Federation of Journalists
- “Taiwanese students protest trade pact with mainland China”, Los Angeles Times
- “Anger Grows in Taiwan Against Deal With China”, New York Times
- “Taiwan stands behind use of force against protesters”, New York Times
- “Large Crowds Fill Taipei Streets in Protest Over China Trade Bill”, New York Times
- “Criticism, and Rare Words of Support, as China Watches Taiwan Protests”, New York Times
- “Could Taiwan be the next Crimea?” Slate
- “Hong Kong students join Taiwan sit-in”, South China Morning Post
- “US committee urges support for Taiwan”, Taipei Times
- “Lee Teng-hui supports students, constitutional conference”, Taiwan News
- “The ‘Battle of Taipei’ Shows Just How Wary of China Young Taiwanese Are”, TIME
- “Thousands in Taiwan protest China trade deal”, USA Today
- “Taiwan’s ‘Sunflower Revolution’ Assaulted by Riot Police”, Vice News
- “Taiwan Protesters Occupy Legislature Over China Trade Pact”, Voice of America
- “Students Occupy Taiwan’s Legislature to Protest China Pact”, Photos, Wall Street Journal
- “Taiwan Police Evict Protesters From Cabinet Building”, Wall Street Journal
- “Taiwan Student Protesters Urge Island-Wide Strike”, Wall Street Journal
- “Young Protesters Shaking Up Taiwan’s China Policy”, Wall Street Journal
- “China trade pact foes occupy Taiwanese legislature”, Washington Post
- “TKACIK: Taiwan Struggles in China’s Trade Grip”, Washington Times
- 3/29 Full text of President Ma’s press conference in response to the students’ demands
TAIWANESE AMERICANS TAKING ACTION
- RALLIES IN THE UNITED STATES
- San Francisco: Second rally scheduled for 3/29, see comments section below
- Los Angeles: Second rally scheduled for 3/30, Facebook event page
- Washington DC: Rally scheduled for 3/30
- New York City: 3/21 Rally (Photos); 3/30 Rally (Facebook event page, Photo, Photos 1, Photos 2, Photos 3, Photos 4, Golden Melody winner Shuo Hsiao live performance, Video)
- Photos: Los Angeles, CA; San Diego, CA; Ann Arbor, MI; Seattle, WA;
- RALLIES HAPPENING WORLDWIDE (3/30 photos)
- London (England)
- Paris (France)
- Frankfurt (Germany)
- Pondicherry (India)
- Dublin (Ireland)
- Milan (Italy)
- Tokyo, Kyoto, Fukuoka (Japan)
- Seoul (Korea)
- Edinburgh (Scotland)
- Barcelona (Spain)
- Zurich, video (Switzerland)
- Great photo overview of rallies in international cities (scroll down)
- White House petition, Oppose Trade Agreement Between Taiwan and China, has reached over 100,000 signatures (Map of signatures by state)
- U.S. Congress, Ask members of Congress to issue statement in support of peaceful resolution to Taiwan crisis
- Change.org petition, Denounce State Violence, Defend Taiwan’s Democracy
- Support HR 494, ask your Congressional representative to affirm the importance of the Taiwan Relations Act
- 3/25/14: The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Foreign Affairs passes the resolution, which will now move on to the U.S. House of Representatives.
There’s another rally in SF on 3/29 (Saturday):
時間/Time：3月29日 （星期六/Saturday）1 P.M.
地點/Location：UN Plaza in San Francisco
(http://goo.gl/DRNsN1)
1150 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
交通/Transportation：
BART @ Civic Center Station
Driving Civic Center Plaza Garage (355 McAllister St, San Francisco)
流程/Agenda:
1:00~3:00 pm 各學校與社團演講表達訴求，合唱/ group and students speeches, singing
3:00~4:00 pm 遊行至union square再回到UN Plaza/march to Union Square
We’re a group of bay area students and young professionals, who care about the future of Taiwan’s youth. We wish to unite all Bay Area Taiwanese groups with a rally covered by foreign media to let the world know what is happening in Taiwan.
Please wear black, bring sunflowers, and prepare slogans and banners. Please invite all to participate.
this link is pretty good too, didn’t see it on the list but might have missed it: http://m.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/24/1286951/-Taiwan-Students-Occupy-the-Legislature-over-China-Services-Trade-Pact
There is also a DC Rally on 3/30 (SUN), 2pm in front of TECRO,
for PA, Dc, Md, VA area Taiwanese.
FB event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/698917443464594/
4201 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016 (2pm)