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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.
On 14 October 2022, Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland of Just Stop Oil threw two tins of soup at an 1888 Sunflowers painting by Vincent van Gogh at the National Gallery in London, glued themselves to the wall and asked the crowd whether they were more concerned by the protest or by the effects of climate change on the planet. They had been ...
2014, Hong Kong Umbrella Movement (2014, Taiwan): Sunflower Student Movement (2015, South Africa): #RhodesMustFall (Canada): 2015 Quebec student protests 2015 Bangladesh student protests against VAT on education (2015, Taiwan): Anti-Black Box Curriculum Movement (2015, Malaysia): Tangkap Najib rally
Taiwan is a big place, and they have had plenty of protests during 2014. This article is only about the Sunflower Student Movement, not about other protests on the island of Taiwan or elsewhere in the RoC. WP:OR about what makes a "movement" is just the tip of the iceberg.
A new program, developed in the United Kingdom, aims to help people with dementia, autism and other invisible disabilities navigate the airport. At RDU airport, sunflowers mean help is at hand for ...
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.
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