On September 24, 2017, scuffles erupted between pro-independence and pro-China demonstrators on the campus of National Taiwan University (NTU) during the Sing! China: Shanghai-Taipei Music Festival . The event, co-sponsored by a mainland Chinese reality show and the Taipei Department of Cultural Affairs, was part of the memorandums of understanding on cultural and arts events signed by Shanghai and Taipei. Pro-independence supporters viewed the music festival as a covert tactic by the Chinese Communist regime to promote their " reunification " political agenda. Students organized protests against the event, but pro-China groups intervened and clashes broke out between the two sides. Members of the Party for the Promotion of Chinese Unification (中華統一促進黨, PPCU), founded by the notorious Taiwanese gangster Chang An-lo, attacked pro-independence students. Three people were injured. Embed from Getty Images In December of last year the Taipei District Prosecu