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Taiwan: student in hunger strike

Categories: East Asia, Taiwan (ROC), Politics, Protest, Youth

A student Li Wen-zhen has been sitting at CKS memorial Hall for more than a month to protest against Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian's suspected corruption. Six days ago, he started hunger strike: “Either ah Bian step down or I fell down”. The incident remind FDL in China times of the past student movement in Taiwan; he urges other students to show their support to Li and tell him and the society that he is not alone (zh) [1].