When Taiwan suffers one of its all too frequent regressions into “government by mass action”, we are reminded that the Republic of China (i.e.,Taiwan) is still a “young democracy”. When, on March 18, a group of students occupied the Legislative Yuan, Taiwan’s single-chamber parliament, it simply confirmed that, as far as governance is concerned, Taiwan’s politics are immature rather than young. The students were protesting about an agreement that had been ne…