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Ko’s Taipei parade draws thousands


Crowds gather in front of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall during a campaign rally for independent Taipei mayoral candidate Ko Wen-je in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Wang Min-wei, Taipei Times

More than 200,000 people, according to organizetrs’ estimates, took to the streets yesterday to join independent Taipei mayoral candidate Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) in a carnival-themed campaign parade, voicing their support for Ko’s “campaign for a change.”

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Obama lauds Taiwanese democracy

US President Barack Obama acknowledged Taiwan as a “thriving” democracy for the first time on Saturday in a speech on the US’ policy in Asia that he gave at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, where he was attending the G20 summit.

In the speech, Obama said that Americans believe in democratic government and “that the only real source of legitimacy is the consent of the people.”

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Newsflash


US National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien, left, listens as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks at the East Asia Summit in Bangkok on Monday.
Photo: Reuters

The US on Monday accused China of intimidation in the South China Sea as it put forward its strongest language yet rejecting Beijing’s claims to the strategic, dispute-rife waters.