Background: On March 17, the ruling political party in Taiwan passed a wide ranging services trade pact[1] with China through extraordinary legislative maneuvers. On March 18, a few hundred protesters, mostly college aged, stormed and successfully occupied the legislature. Once the news got out, a larger crowd of tens of thousands surrounded the legislature building.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-Strait_Service_Trade_Agre...