Taiwanese march for UN bid
At least 100,000 people have marched in Taiwan in support of a government plan to hold a referendum on joining the UN under the name Taiwan.
With China holding veto (as with the rest of the permanent members on the UN Security Council), Taiwan's bid will fail this year.
The march was in the city of Kaohsiung, the powerbase for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). While some feel the government is causing unnecessary problems with China, at least the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party favours a referendum, but the argument they have is that want the country listed as Republic of China, not Taiwan.
As such, both China and the US are against Taiwan holding a public referendum.
The Taiwanese government plans to time the referendum with their presidential elections next March.
I would expect a high level of alert in China, US, Taiwan, and Japan during that month.
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