Having their voices heard: Pro-independence supporters taking part in a rally to protest against what they claim are annexation efforts by China, and to call for a referendum, in Taipei, Taiwan. — Reuters
Taipei: Thousands of Taiwan independence campaigners took to the streets for a major rally that is a rebuke to Beijing and a challenge to the island’s already embattled government.
The protest yesterday in central Taipei came as China increasingly pushes its claim to the self-ruling democratic island and President Tsai Ing-wen struggles to appease Beijing and independence factions.
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