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The Night at Executive Yuan

Posted on June 26, 2014March 19, 2015 by Eric Tsai

A little over 3 months ago, on March 23, 2014, students stormed and occupied the Taiwan Executive Yuan. Many students have given their accounts of that night, but we were able to get the story from the other side. "對不起,我站在他們身後,幾乎無能為力。我痛狠自己不知道該做些什麼,才能停止眼前的暴力。我只能目睹,一邊全身顫抖、一邊冷靜的紀錄下這一切。 I feel bad. I stood behind them, yet there was nothing I could do. I hate that I didn't know what I should have done to stop the violence seen through my eyes. I could only witness, shiver, and calmly record all these. 只要有人看見事實,你們的付出、犧牲才有意義。 If only people could see the truth, your devotion and sacrifice would mean something."

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