250,000 Protesters Against China's Pressure
Saturday saw some 250,000 people in Taipei gather for a peaceful demonstration for peace.
The protest was against China's new "anti-secession law" which mandates the use of force against Taiwan if they formally declare independence.
Meanwhile the Taiwanese legislature is attempting to pass an "anti-annexation" law in response. The irony of course is that Taiwan actually can pass such a law since they have their own democratically elected government.
posted by E. Heroux @ 12:47 AM
3 Comments:
From Scott Sommers
http://scottsommers.blogs.com/taiwanweblog/
Only 250,000? I was there and I figured it was way more than any of the demonstrations that followed the election last year (which I also attended), and they were estimated at a half a million. Yes, yes, I know that 250,000 is the China Post number, but they're about as Pan-Blue as anyone can get.
Scott:
So after 250,000 I got tired and stopped counting. Actually I've never learned how to estimate crowd sizes. They always seem like "masses" of a lot of people, in this case as far as you can see. That number I gave was somewhere between what the police and CNN stated -- neither of which is more reliable than the Taipei Times which states 1,000,000.
See Scott's interesting description of his p.o.v. at the demonstration at:
http://scottsommers.blogs.com/taiwanpolitics/2005/03/326_march_for_p.html
I have up-dated my post with an aerial comparison of 326 Demonstration and the Pan-Blue demonstrations against last year's presidential elections.
http://scottsommers.blogs.com/taiwanpolitics/2005/04/more_on_the_326.html
Scott Sommers.
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