Taiei Times
Date: Aug 31, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA, NEW YORK
The annual Keep Taiwan Free rally, which calls for Taiwan to be granted official membership in the UN,
Organizers of the annual Keep Taiwan Free rally hold up flags and banners at a news conference at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York City yesterday.
Photo: CNA
The event’s organizers said that they expect a turnout of about 500 participants from Taiwanese communities in New York, as well as overseas Taiwanese living in Washington, Boston and Baltimore.
Former US deputy national security adviser Stephen Yates and Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Yeh Yi-jin (葉宜津) are scheduled to participate in the march.
The rally aims to “raise awareness about Taiwan’s exclusion from the global community as a result of intense pressure and intimidation tactics by the Chinese Communist Party,” the event’s poster says. [FULL STORY]