The protesters called themselves “snails without shells” (無殼蝸牛), which became a symbol for the battle against housing prices that is still used to this day. But in six months, Taipei’s housing prices surged so much that he couldn’t even buy back his original home, which had nearly doubled in price. Snails Without Shells movement leader Lee Hsing-chang carries a large snail on his back during a 2010 protest against housing prices. “Owning a home should be a human right, housing prices are not stakes for corporations to play the money game,” they declared. “But I won’t give up until housing prices go down,” he declared.

Source: Taipei Times August 22, 2020 15:56 UTC