From Taipei Times: Surrounding the Chinese character Pi (±Å, fart) formed by 300,000 candles, about 2,000 red-clad protesters gathered at Ketagalan Boulevard yesterday to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the anti-corruption campaign launched to oust President Chen Shui-bian (ÈôàÊ∞¥ÊâÅ). Rather than motivating supporters and leading participants to parade around the Presidential Office as it did […]
Seems that Chinese love crowds. Mainlanders just had another National Day holiday with floods of people traveling across the country, now there is a second protest in Taiwan calling for the resignation of Chen Shui-bian. From BBC News: Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have been surrounding the presidential office in Taiwan, calling on President Chen […]
In the International Herald Tribune, democracy activist Wei Jingsheng writes: Those who are concerned about the Chinese democracy movement should pay close attention to ongoing events in Taiwan, especially the popular anticorruption campaign that has emerged there in recent weeks. The very existence of Taiwan’s political and economic openness offers a sharp challenge to China’s […]
From Reuters via the New York Times: China blasted Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian on Wednesday for a plan to change the constitution and rename the island, moves Beijing would consider a formal declaration of independence of territory it claims as its own. Chen’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is studying constitutional changes to name the […]
From BBC News: Demonstrators have gathered in Taiwan’s capital for a second day to demand the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian (Èô≥Ê∞¥ÊâÅ) over corruption allegations. Rain fell throughout the day, dashing protesters’ hopes that thousands would turn up again – 90,000 took to the city streets on Saturday. “Ah-Bian, step down!”, they shouted making the […]
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