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A protester refuses to leave the street despite being hit by police water cannon near the Cabinet compound in Taipei, Taiwan, March 24, 2014. Students' scuffle with police left 137 people injured. The students' protest against a controversial trade pact with China escalated on March 23 after President Ma Ying-jeou rejected students' demands, resulting in the students – who had occupied the parliament for five days – to occupy the Cabinet compound. On March 17, hundres of students occupied Taiwan parliament to protest what they say is the ruling party's forcing the passage of the Taiwan-China trade pact, saying it endangers Taiwan's security and hurts Taiwan's economy. They vowed to occupy the parliament until the parliament agrees to review the pact clause by clause. (Photo by David Chang/EPA)
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