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“This is not called peace, this is called surrender!” political leaders and activists shouted in central Taipei’s bustling shopping district on May 23. 57 civic groups and thousands of people were gathered to protest legislative cuts to Taiwan’s defense budget amid rising threats from Beijing.
Organized by the Taiwan Economic Democracy Union, the rally included a massive march through Taipei’s downtown. The protest targeted recent legislative actions by the main opposition party, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), and its smaller ally, the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP). Specifically, their rejection of President Lai Ching-te’s (賴清德) 1.25...
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