Half-million Taiwanese protest election

[SoCalDem]

http://www.pe.com/cgi-bin/bi/appageredir.pl?link=http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TAIWAN_ELECTION?SITE=CARIE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


Riot police are stained with red paint in Taiwan. (AP)

Half-million Taiwanese protest election

A half million Taiwanese swarmed into island's capital on Saturday to protest the disputed presidential election, while rival China hinted it wouldn't let the turmoil drag on indefinitely. The demonstrators - many bused in from other cities - put on yellow rain ponchos to protect them from a cold drizzle and filled up the wide boulevard in front of the Presidential Office. They chanted and listened to fiery speeches bashing President Chen Shui-bian.

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[Wabbajack]

1. is Chen Shui-bian a good guy?

Or is the other guy better?

[dArKeR]

2. The pic you posted is NOT from march which this story is reporting on.

I didn't sign up for the link you posted so I'm not sure if this pic from associated with the story or you grabbed it elsewhere? This pic was taken a few days earlier. The day some Mainland KMT rushed the Election Comm. and broke the window. (Protesters are never arrested for anything in Taiwan, under Chen as Mayor or President. The poor police just stand there.) I'll try to find the original Taipei Times link with this pic/date.)

I can't find. I grabbed this pic too. Maybe Yahoo? but that was a few days ago and not from the current protest.

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I've found it on Yahoo with date: Not from Saturday's march:

Riot police are stained with red paint as they wait outside Taiwan's Central Election Commission headquarters, Friday, March 26, 2004, in Taipei. Demonstrators stormed the commission where officials were certifying the result of last weekend's disputed presidential vote. Opposition lawmakers fired up the angry crowd of about 2,000 with speeches, warning that certifying the vote would spark violence. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index2&cid=702
Then click on the picture of Abian. #59 of 308.

[SoCalDem]

4. How weird.. They changed the picture..now it's this one

Maybe others noticed it and complained :shrug:

[dArKeR]

3. History of Taiwan - The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/earlyed/earlyWO0321a.html

Pre-1500s - Inhabited for thousands of years, Taiwan's first known settlers most likely migrated from different areas of Southeast Asia.

1517 - Portuguese sailors passed an island off the eastern coast of China not marked on their maps. They call it "Ilha Formosa" or "Beautiful Island."


1624 - Dutch traders claim the island as a base for commerce in the region and begin to colonize the southwestern part of the island.


1626 - Spanish land on the north side of Taiwan, build forts, and start settlements.


1642 - The Dutch drive out the Spanish.


1661 - Koxinga, the last general of China's Ming dynasty, invades Taiwan.


1662 - After a bloody, nine-month siege, the Dutch governor surrenders Taiwan to Koxinga.


1683 - Manchus from China take the Kingdom of Taywan, and annex western Taiwan to Chinese empire.


1884 - French forces invade northern Taiwan, occupying the seaport of Keelung, only to withdraw a year later.


1895 - Sino-Japanese War ends. China cedes Taiwan to Japan in Shimonoseki Treaty. Japan quickly develops Taiwan's economy.


1930 - A major, two-month uprising in central Taiwan leaves thousands dead.


1945 - World War II ends. Japan surrenders. US and Britain agree to hand over Taiwan to Chiang Kai-shek's Republic of China government, which controls most of China. Chiang imposes martial law in Taiwan. Beijing vows to retake control of the island.


1949 - After being defeated by communists in China, Chiang and more than one million followers, the Kuomintang (KMT), flee to Taiwan. This group of mainland Chinese dominates Taiwan's politics for decades, even though it accounts for less than 15% of the population.

With a bunch of murdering left out. With a secret agreement with the CIA/NSA and the KMT Covert Operations Agencies/Gov. left out. The drug dealing/trading of the KMT to American children. The Taiwanese children being sold into sex/masturbation slavery to the KMT Government for these old men's use (who invaded from China.) Taiwan the #1 destination for the United States of America Government staff workers. (In my opinion Taiwan was used as a banking/money laundering haven for the CIA/NSA and our other moral American leaders. But I've never read a thing about this. It's my feeling knowing all the other stuff.)