TAIPEI -- In February, Wu Pei-yi walked into Taiwan's parliament to take up her rightful seat as a newly elected lawmaker. Nearly 10 years earlier, she sneaked into the same building by night in an occupation by hundreds of young protesters that launched a mass movement opposed to government plans to bind Taiwan and its economy closer to China.
What became known as the Sunflower Movement of March 2014, named for the flowers adopted by protestors as a symbol of hope, ultimately derailed a controversial services trade deal with Beijing promoted by then-president Ma Ying-jeou and the Kuomintang (KMT) party, historically dominant and in favor of closer ties with China.
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