Taiwan is a small country next to China. Although people on both side speak the same language, the culture and government system is different. China, officially

Taiwan is a small country next to China. Although people on both side speak the same language, the culture and government system is different. China, officially the People's Republic of China, is a sovereign state. Taiwan, however, is democratic. The Taiwan government originally based on mainland China, but was defeated by People's Republic of China, and moved to Taiwan. Officially, Taiwan and China is in war. We never signed up armistice agreement. Taiwan politicians can be separated into two groups. One believe if we stay close to China, we can have better economics. A few of them even want to unite with China. The other group believe we should stay as a country of our own, and China government hates it. With those background information you can see, making a economic agreement with china is sensitive to people, but the current government tried to pass it without standard procedure in congress. This is why people are so angry about this.