Monday, November 10, 2008

Taiwan + Nerd News: the "Wild Strawberry" Student Demonstrations

The student protests against Ma are picking up steam. The movement now even has a name: "Wild Strawberry." (I'll explain in a minute.)
  • I had first mentioned student action here.
  • Michael Turton interviewed one of the student protestors.
  • eTaiwanNews has more.
As for the "strawberry" name, I quote the student in the Turton interview:
Q: So what do you call yourselves? The Wild Strawberries? Why that?

A: Because people say -- in Taiwan many of the media organizations say -- that young people are just like strawberries [weak and easily bruised --mt]. We think we're not like that, and we wanted to show that we could do something.
Sounds good to me!


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