Free Massage for Protesters

An elementary student holds a banner and placard joining a student protest in Taipei

August 2, 2015August 7, 2015 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment black box student movement, massage, student-protest, taipei, Taiwan

A professional masseur has set up a free massage center at the Ministry of Education protest site. Student protesters are now in the third day of occupation after pushing down the razor-wire security fence and occupying the square on Thursday night. The visually impaired man is one of the many volunteers supporting the more than 100 protesters who are making a stand against a politically motivated alteration of Taiwan’s high school history curriculum. Sources: CTi, SET

students climbing over the collapsed barrier to enter the square in front of the MOE

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July 31, 2015July 31, 2015 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment black box student movement, curriculum changes, Ministry of Education, student protests, taipei, Taiwan

Student protesters broke though police barriers last night and occupied the square at the Ministry of Education. Students rocked the barrier back and forth as the chanted for the Minister of Education to step down. The steel and razor-wire barrier was pushed down at an angle and the protesters then laid cardboard and other materials over the razor-wire so they could clamber over it. The protests against the Ministry of Education’s politicized, China-centric changes to the curriculum, intensified after a