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The term "Sunflower Student Movement" referred to protestors' use of sunflowers as a symbol of hope as the flower is heliotropic. [20] The movement's name in Chinese is (Chinese: 太陽花; pinyin: taì yáng hua), a calque of the English word "sunflower", rather than the native term, (Chinese: 向日葵; pinyin: xiàng rì kuí) [21] This term was popularized after a florist contributed 1000 ...
2014 Hong Kong student protest for democracy; 2014 Sunflower Student Movement; 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping; 2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement; 2012 Quebec student protests; 2011 student protests in Chile; 2010 University of Puerto Rico Strike; 2010 UK student protests; 2008 Greek riots; 2007 Dutch pupil strike; 2006 student protests in Chile
2014 Hong Kong student protest for democracy; 2014 Sunflower Student Movement; 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping; 2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement; 2012 Quebec student protests; 2011 student protests in Chile; 2010 University of Puerto Rico Strike; 2010 UK student protests; 2008 Greek riots; 2007 Dutch pupil strike; 2006 student protests in Chile
The film explores the Sunflower Student Movement and other social and political movements in Taiwan. It focuses on the stories of Chen Wei-ting , a leader of the student movement, and Cai Boyi, a Chinese student studying in Taiwan. The director also serves as the narrator and appears on camera as one of the documented individuals.
He took part in the Sunflower Student Movement and was one of 119 protesters indicted in February 2015. [7] Lynn Miles died of cancer in Taipei on June 8, 2015. [ 7 ] His funeral was held two days before his 72nd birthday, and was attended by fellow activist Linda Arrigo , and politicians Tsai Ing-wen , Hsu Hsin-liang , and Su Chih-fen .
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While students at Kent State, Ohio, had been protesting for the right to organize politically on campus a full year before, it is the televised birth of the Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley that is generally recognized as the first major challenge to campus governance. [25]
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