Taiwan clashes over trade pact worsen

TAIPEI: Taiwan riot police unleashed water cannon on Monday to dislodge hundreds of demonstrators who had stormed government headquarters in violent scenes that dramatically escalated a days-old protest against a trade pact with China.

After nearly a week-long occupation of Taiwan’s parliament, the protesters late on Sunday also infiltrated the Executive Yuan where the Cabinet is located, pulling down barbed-wire barricades outside and using ladders to break into offices on the second floor.