The 20th May Incident
protest against the government’s indifference to farmers’ rights. Some farmers clashed with the police when trying to enter for restroom. Several were arrested, leading to fiercer clashes. Protesters...
The Battle between Shui Yuan Village and LCY Chemical Corp.
On 27 February 1987, residents of Shui Yuan Village barricaded the front gate of LCY Chemical Corp factory, who was polluting the groundwater. On the 100th day of their protest, Hsinchu Mayor...
September, Last Year (Lin Cheng-chieh's Street Protests)
On 3 September 1986, the Taipei District Court disregarded LIN Cheng-chieh’s legislative immunity and sentenced him to eighteen months in prison on charges of defamation. LIN decided not to challenge...
Lukang Residents' Anti-DuPont Movement
In 1985, US company DuPont received permission from the Ministry of Economic Affairs to set up a titanium dioxide plant near Lukang, Changhua County. The local residents held a series of protests...
The Freedom to Return Home
In the 1980s, the KMT regime had relocated to Taiwan for over thirty years. The mainland Chinese soldiers who arrived with its troops never stopped being homesick but were deprived of the rights to...
From the Lifting of Martial Law to the National Security Act
After the DPP was officially formed in 1986, the government on the one hand announced its willingness to lift martial law and the ban on political parties, yet on the other hand wished to supplant...
Follow-up Report on the Chiang Kai-shek Int'l Airport Incident
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