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The massive but peaceful protests on May 24 was the third in a week.

The massive but peaceful protests on May 24 was the third in a week.

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Taiwanese university student Chen Yen-ming was set to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry on May 25, but he was not out celebrating the night before.

Instead, the 23-year-old stationed himself for hours in the drizzle outside Taipei’s Legislative Yuan on the evening of May 24, holding up placards and shouting into a megaphone. 

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