▁by ▁integr ating ▁native ▁Taiwan ese ▁into ▁its ▁leadership . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁several ▁thousand ▁anti - K MT ▁demonstr ators ▁led ▁by ▁H su ▁H sin - li ang ▁r al lied ▁in ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Ch ung - li ▁to ▁protest ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁paper ▁ball ots ▁in ▁the ▁up coming ▁elections , ▁for ▁fear ▁that ▁the ▁K MT ▁would ▁use ▁the ▁ball ots ▁to ▁rig ▁the ▁election . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁protest ers ▁realized ▁that ▁the ▁K MT ▁had ▁likely ▁carried ▁out ▁the ▁fra ud ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁fe ared , ▁they ▁ri oted , ▁ultimately ▁burning ▁down ▁the ▁Ch ung - li ▁police ▁station . ▁ ▁The ▁ri ot ▁– ▁the ▁first ▁such ▁large - scale ▁protest ▁in ▁Taiwan ▁since ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁– ▁was ▁subsequently ▁called ▁the ▁Zh ong li ▁incident . ▁The ▁Ku om int ang ▁believed ▁that ▁Lee ▁H uan ' s ▁pla cat ory ▁approach ▁to ▁the ▁Tang w ai ▁movement ▁had ▁caused ▁the ▁incident ▁and ▁forced ▁him ▁to ▁res ign . ▁ ▁After ▁his ▁res ignation , ▁he ▁became ▁the ▁president ▁of ▁C TV ▁until ▁ 1 9 7 9 . ▁ ▁That ▁year ▁he ▁became ▁president ▁of ▁National ▁Sun ▁Y at - sen ▁University . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁he ▁was ▁appointed ▁Minister ▁of ▁Education . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁three ▁years ▁as ▁Education ▁Minister , ▁he ▁abol ished ▁restrictions ▁on ▁students ' ▁hair ▁length , ▁enabled ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁private ▁colleg es