In 2014, Taiwan saw a massive protest against the economic integration
policies of former President Ma Ying-jeou and the ruling Kuomintang
(KMT). The KMT had torn down trade barriers with China in 2010 under the
Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) in an attempt to revive
Taiwan's struggling economy. The results of ECFA proved instead to
create a hollowing-out of Taiwan's small- and medium-sized enterprise
manufacturing, hitting the economy even harder, and pushing Taiwan down a
path of no return in its dependence on China.
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