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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 ...
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.
Researchers pointed out that compared to the Sunflower movement, fewer university students participated in Bluebird because the outcome in 2014 would have affected employment opportunities in Taiwan, whereas the 2024 conflict between the different parties was largely politically driven. [28] [29]
Leading the Sunflower Student Movement Lin Fei-fan ( Chinese : 林飛帆 ; pinyin : Lín Fēifán ; born 19 May 1988) is a Taiwanese politician and activist, currently serving as deputy secretary-general of Taiwan's National Security Council .
In 2015, Fu contributed the segment A Commander Made By Accident, which covered activist Chen Wei-ting , to the anthology film Sunflower Occupation. [5] [6] Fu directed the documentary film Our Youth in Taiwan, about the events of the Sunflower Student Movement. [7]
The party was started by Freddy Lim, lead vocalist of Taiwanese heavy metal band Chthonic, [9] veteran activist Michael Lin, human rights lawyers Lin Feng-cheng , Chiu Hsien-chih, and other prominent figures of the Sunflower Student Movement.
Can we imagine ourselves back on that awful day in the summer of 2010, in the hot firefight that went on for nine hours? Men frenzied with exhaustion and reckless exuberance, eyes and throats burning from dust and smoke, in a battle that erupted after Taliban insurgents castrated a young boy in the village, knowing his family would summon nearby Marines for help and the Marines would come ...
In Taiwan, pol.is has been "one of the key parts" of vTaiwan's suite of open-source tools for its citizen engagement efforts arising out of the Sunflower Student Movement. [9] [2] vTaiwan claims that of the 26 national issues related to technology were discussed on the platform and 80% led to government action.