Students pull back after three-week protest in Taipei

Most student activists had retreated from Taiwan's legislative building by Tuesday morning, following three weeks of protests over a cross-Straits service trade pact.

Only about 30 students remained, according to a report from the China Review News Agency in Hong Kong.

The protest, which started on March 18, was triggered by the ruling Kuomintang's decision to bypass a detailed public review of the pact. Protesters targeted what they said was an undemocratic process, fearing the pact's implementation would hurt the island's businesses and cause job losses.