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517: DPP reclaim the streets
Hundreds of thousands# of people took to the streets of Taipei and Kaohsiung today for the DPP’s 517 rally. The rally marked the one year anniversary of President Ma Ying-jeou taking office. During this time there has been the financial crisis,...
Thousands protest rising unemployment
About 10,000 people from labor unions and other groups joined a march protesting unemployment in Taipei today. Taiwan’s unemployment rate reached 5.8% in March. Many unions participated in the march. Youth and students also joined to express th...
Thousands march for Tibet in Taipei
Three thousand people marched through the streets of Taipei today to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising which was on 10 March. Today also marked one year since major protests in Tibet which led to a brutal crackdown by the Chines...
Green Party protests to save tree
Green Party candidate for the Taipei City No. 6 District by-election, Calvin Wen (溫炳原), spent 26 hours in a camphor tree on the site of the Old Songshan Tobacco Factory (松山菸廠) in Taipei to protest and prevent its removal. The protest b...
Action for Burma in Taipei
Free Burma protest in Taipei 19 June is Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday and an international day of action for the people of Burma. The Taiwan Free Burma Network (台灣自由緬甸網絡) organised a protest outside the British Trade and Cult...
