Ove in the Wild: I wrote a petition and I want to hand it over to the President of Taiwan.

Today I will write about something a little bit different.

At the moment I am living in Taiwan and I have done so off and on for the last 2 years. I have come to love this place.

Its nature.

Its culture

and its people

BUT...

At the moment all that is at risk because of the Taiwanese President Ma Ying-Jeou.

The last 6 years he has been making agreements with the Chinese government. Just under the radar of ordinary people saying that its only about making improvements for the economy.

The real reason is in fact to reunite Taiwan and China and I think all of us understands who the winner in such a reunion is. Its not the people of Taiwan.

The students of Taiwan have since the president signed this agreement occupied the Legislative Yuan. This because this is the place where it will be signed into action.

The response of the government has VIOLENCE.

I will post what I wrote in the petition here.

I hope that this petition will get allot of signatures and it can if YOU help me.

Sign it and repost it on your Facebook or your Twitter or your Blog.

As I write this the Students of Taiwan is fighting for their democracy.

Please put your name down and show them that they are not alone.

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Why this is important

According to Taipei times people living in Taiwan with regards to identity 78 percent of those answering a poll identified themselves as Taiwanese, while 13 percent saw themselves as Chinese. The poll also found that most people feels independence is to prefer when asked to choose between independence or unification with China (PRC), with 71 percent supporting independence and only 18 percent supporting unification with China.

PRESIDENT MA DOESN´T LISTEN TO HIS PEOPLE.

Against the wishes of his people President Ma has signed more than 18 agreements with PRC during the last 6 years according to the University of Nottingham. They continue by saying that this is his way of slowly incorporating Taiwan into PRC under the radar of of his people.

Taiwanese students have finally had enough and because of this they have started "The sunflower Revolution". They have demonstrated against the last signed treaty but have been met by brute force from the police. The students doesn´t stand alone though as most of Taiwan's people are on their side as well as the opposition. But they need our help as well.

WHY NOW

Right now students are occupying the legislative yuan where the last agreement that President Ma made will be signed.

Together we can tell President Ma that Taiwan belongs to its people and that he needs to start to listen to them. Together we can make sure that Taiwan stays a democracy and that its people once again get their human rights back.

Below are the resources for my statements and also some videos demonstrating the actions done by the police on behalf of President Ma.

Sources

Taipei Times - Background Info.

University Of Nottingham - Background Info.

Videos

TV report about the situation.

More Violence

Why the violence??