“Selling your country for personal gain”

*The last Chinese character also contains a joke about deer antlers. President Ma Ying-Jeou recently became a laughing stock for saying that deer antlers are the hair that grows out from a deer’s ears.

Young people took to the streets with banners and slogans around the country, while in the capital Taipei hundreds of students have stormed and continue to occupy the parliament building.

The vast majority of protestors are peaceful and thoughtful young people; mainly students who are normally more concerned with their studies and friendships than with political shenanigans. However, they have been pushed too far and have become politicized by the ruling KMT party’s perceived desire to sell off their people’s rights, freedom and future for their own financial gain.