The China Post
Date: September 25, 2017

It started with a question on a university’s decision to lend campus venue to outside

It started with a question on a university’s decision to lend campus venue to outside events and escalated into a show-ending protest against Chinese influence on Sunday and subsequent attack of two protesters allegedly by China sympathizers.

events and escalated into a show-ending protest against Chinese influence on Sunday and subsequent attack of two protesters allegedly by China sympathizers.
How a singing event turned violent and become a thorny issue for Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je?

Multiple events in the singing competition series “Sing! China” has been held in the past three years as part of a cultural exchange program between Shanghai and China, according to Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je.

The Sunday activity was hosted by National Taiwan University (NTU), one of the country’s top universities, at its newly refurbished athletic field. A group NTU students protested against the university’s decision to lend the field to the event – which closed the venue for a week – in violation to the principle that the students should have the priority in the use of university venues. The protesting students also pointed out that part of the world-class athletics field has been damaged for staging the event.    [FULL  STORY]