[外媒] Students end 24-day siege of Taiwan's
Students end 24-day siege of Taiwan's Parliament
Lin Fei-fan, left, and Chen Wei-ting, leaders of the
student protests against a trade pact with China, speak to the media
during a press conference on the occupied legislature floor in
Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, April 7, 2014. During a press conference
Monday night, student leaders said they would end their 3-week-old
occupation of the legislature but continue to protest against a trade
pact with China, which has been challenging the president's policy of
moving the democratic island economically closer to China. (AP
Photo/Wally Santana)
The Associated Press
Lin Fei-fan, left, and Chen Wei-ting, leaders of the student protests
against a trade pact with China, speak to the media during a press
conference on the occupied legislature floor in Taipei, Taiwan,
Monday, April 7, 2014. During a press conference Monday night,
student leaders said they would end their 3-week-old occupation of
the legislature but continue to protest against a trade pact with
China, which has been challenging the president's policy of moving
the democratic island economically closer to China. (AP Photo/Wally
Santana)
By GLADYS TSAI / Associated Press / April 10, 2014
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Students ended their unprecedented, 24-day
occupation of Taiwan’s Parliament late Thursday after receiving
assurances that a Chinese trade pact they see as imperiling the
island’s autonomy would undergo legislative review.
The pact would allow Chinese and Taiwanese service companies,
including banking, telecommunication and tourism firms, to operate in
each other’s territory. Opponents who fear it could cost Taiwan jobs
or even its democracy also criticized the ruling party’s attempt to
push the pact through without a detailed review.
‘‘Taiwan’s representative politics have already completely lost
their function,’’ said Chiang Chi-ji, a spokesman for the students,
reading out a statement in the evening from inside the Parliament
building. ‘‘The government’s ‘black-box’ decision making
obstructed the people’s participation.’’
Chiang said the students felt that the trade pact must protect Taiwan
’s national security, democratic freedom, cultural identity and
environment.
The students, many of whom wore black T-shirts with printed slogans,
filed out of the building to raucous cheers from a crowd of thousands
of supporters who had gathered to welcome them. Some of the student
leaders walked onto a stage facing the supporters and bowed toward
them.
President Ma Ying-jeou’s ruling party had attempted on March 17 to
skip a promised detailed legislative review of the trade deal ahead
of its ratification. A day later, hundreds of student protesters
stormed Parliament, marking the start of an unprecedented siege,
followed by a short occupation of Cabinet offices and a rally drawing
more than 200,000 protesters.
The protesters at first demanded that the trade deal be withdrawn, but
they agreed to end their siege when parliamentary speaker Wang
Jin-pyng promised Sunday to first enact legislation requiring more
public consultation, including public hearings, for trade deals, and
to apply the measure to the current trade pact before it is ratified.
‘‘It’s not an end, it’s a beginning,’’ said Hung Syuan-Wei, an
18-year-old high school student who spent 20 of the past 24 days at
the protest site helping to collect trash and organize events. ‘‘
There will be many more actions from now on. Thanks to the student
leaders who were willing to stand up, more people are aware of what’
s going on now.’’
Taku Hsu, 31, who works at a TV station, said she saw the protests as
an expression of the public’s long-suppressed anger against the
government for mishandling social issues.
‘‘I consider this movement successful in terms of how it has made
more people care about politics. Many see the pact as an economic
issue, but I think it is a political issue,’’ Hsu said.
Police have said none of the protesters would be arrested if there is
no violence.
Meanwhile, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told former Taiwanese Vice
President Vincent Siew on Thursday that China believes the two sides
have an ‘‘important opportunity’’ to deepen economic ties.
‘‘We would like to share the opportunities brought about by the
mainland economic growth with Taiwan,’’ Li told Siew on the
sidelines of an economic forum in southern China, according to
remarks carried by Chinese state media that did not mention the
protests or the controversial agreement.
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