Taipei Times
Date: Dec 16, 2016
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter

A coalition of civic organizations and independence advocates yesterday held a rally in front of the

Independence advocates rally outside the American Institute in Taiwan yesterday, calling on Washington to upgrade the office to a US embassy. Photo: Jason Pan, Taipei Times

American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) to thank US president-elect Donald Trump for his support and urge Washington to upgrade the AIT to an embassy.

The demonstrators said they represented the aspirations of a majority of Taiwanese who wanted to thank Trump for speaking the truth when he accepted a telephone call from President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and referring on Twitter to Tsai as the president of Taiwan, who was elected by the people in a democratic vote.

“We are not here to protest, but to congratulate [US] president-elect Trump, and to celebrate the start of a new Taiwan-US relationship. Trump, by his words and actions, has accorded Taiwanese dignity and respect,” Taiwan Independence Party Chairman Huang Kuo-hua (黃國華) said.    [FULL  STORY]