WEB NEWS - Taiwan: Protests over China trade deal

<p>In this edition: protests in Taiwan over a free trade agreement with China, YouTube gives a British street musician a massive career boost; and dogs reacting to a magic trick.</p><br />TAIWAN: PROTESTS OVER CHINA TRADE DEAL<br />As we can from these photos posted to social networks by demonstrators, baton wielding riot police in Taiwan used water cannons to try and disperse the thousands of people gathered in front of the government headquarters on Sunday night, to protest against Taiwan`s new trade deal with China.<br />You can follow updates on the protest movement via the #taiwanoccupy and #congressoccupied hashtags which were started on March 18th, when protesters forced their way into the parliament building, defied police efforts to evict them, barricading themselves in, in protest of the controversial trade pact which was not submitted to legislative review and is due to be approved by parliament on April 8th.<br />The deal will open dozens of Taiwan's service sector industries to Chinese companies, and, as they explain in this video recently uploaded to YouTube, protesters fear this will negatively impact many people across the island, both in their work and their day to day life.<br />Activists have drawn up some demands for the President Ma Ying-jeou on the movement`s Facebook page “Island Nation Youth”. They want the deal to be scrapped, and they want a legal framework implemented, regulating China-Taiwan trade pacts in order to protect the island from Beijing’s economic influence.<br /><br />UNKNOWN GUITARIST: NEW YOUTUBE SENSATION<br /><br />This video turned unknown guitarist Andrew Niel into a web sensation in Britain. It was filmed by journalist and music lover Rob Chapman on the streets of Brighton, and he went on to post it to YouTube on... Go on reading on our web site.<br /><br />Visit our website:<br />http://www.france24.com<br /><br />Like us on Facebook:<br />https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English<br /><br />Follow us on Twitter:<br />https://twitter.com/France24_en