In 1979, Chiaotou, located in the northernmost part of urban Kaohsiung, became the site of the first public protest against the Nationalist government in Taiwan, and the township was long a stronghold of dangwai (anti-KMT) sentiment.
位於高雄市北端的橋頭，曾在 1979 年爆發了國民政府遷台 30 年來首次的群眾抗爭事件，向來「黨外」色彩濃厚。