Taipei Times
Date: Dec 21, 2015
By: Chen Wei-han  /  Staff reporter

Hundreds of activists yesterday staged a rally in Tainan, demanding that the

A protester taking part in an anti-pollution rally in Tainan yesterday holds a sign saying that burning ghost money is harmful to human health. Photo: Hung Jui-chin, Taipei Times

government address air pollution in southern Taiwan and revoke major development projects, while calling on presidential and legislative candidates to support their proposals.

Impersonating Star Wars characters, protesters performed a skit saying: “The people awaken. May the force be with Yoda,” satirizing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), whose portrait on the cover of Time magazine in June was juxtaposed with a picture of Star Wars character Yoda by netizens.     [FULL  STORY]