Taiwan Independence Supporters Protest in Warning to Tsai
- Protesters calling for law change to allow independence vote
- Thousands gather at headquarters of Tsai’s party in Taipei
Demonstrators outside the headquarters of Democratic Progressive Party in Taipei on Oct. 20.
Photographer: Sam Yeh/AFP via Gety Images
President Tsai Ing-wen is coming under increased pressure from her allies at home to push harder for Taiwan’s formal independence even as China keeps up its unrelenting campaign to bring the island under its control.
Thousands of people gathered outside the headquarters of Tsai’s Democratic Progressive Party in Taipei Saturday. Unhappy with the president’s moderate stance on Taiwan’s international status, their main demand is for a change to the referendum law to allow the public to vote on Taiwan’s independence. Topics relating to Taiwan’s name, national symbols and constitution are barred under the current law.