At the end of the 1980s, Taiwan society was going through a dramatic transformation: the end of martial law, the lifting of restrictions on the press and on the formation of political parties, rising dynamism in civil society ....
八○年代末，台灣社會歷經劇烈變動：解嚴、解除報禁、黨禁，民間活力四起、社會運動蓬勃發展。