Made in Taiwan
This is very cool (be patient if it takes a bit to load) -- you get a clear picture (literally!) of what happened on March 26th when hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese marched on their capital to protest Beijing's new law sanctioning the use of force if Taipei moves toward formal independence.
The aim of the protest was to bring greater international pressure on China to negotiate peacefully with Taiwan, rather than forcefully.
"China is a violent country. We want nothing to do with it," said protester Wu Chao-hsiung, a carpenter from Taipei. "We have to insist on the freedom to determine our own fate."
Organizers billed the protest as a "peace carnival." A woman dressed as the Statue of Liberty waved her torch at the crowds, while a five-story-high white balloon representing peace was established at the protest site. An equally tall model of a red sea urchin -- its needles said to symbolize the missiles China is pointing at Taiwan -- was deflated at the end of the rally. Protesters climbed over it and tried to tear it apart.
Another ripple in the international pro-democracy movement . . .