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TSU celebrates birthday with a party in the park

The TSU celebrated its second anniversary at a park in downtown Taipei yesterday with a call for the people to support the "call Taiwan Taiwan" movement.

The TSU was formed in August 2001, with former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) serving as its spiritual leader.

Around 10,000 TSU supporters converged on the outdoor music hall at the 228 Memorial Park at noon. Singing and dancing kicked off the celebration activities. Then two giant ants, the mascots of the young party, led TSU Chairman Huang Chu-wen (黃主文), party officials and legislators to meet with their supporters.

Huang, in his address to the rally, said that only when Taiwan walks into the international community with its own status and name will the international community give Taiwan warm support.

"The people of Taiwan would realize more deeply that `the Republic of China' does not exist if they were overseas," Huang said, adding that "the ROC was kicked out of the UN long ago."

Huang said that if a person says that he is from Chiayi and that he is a Taiwanese, then he is a genuine Taiwanese; but if a person says that he is a Taiwanese and also a Chinese, then he has fallen into the trap of China's cherished "one country, two systems" rhetoric.

Huang said that he was especially "moved" by seeing so many supporters braving the sweltering heat to express their firm support for the cause of renaming the country "Taiwan."

He then brought the gathering to a climax by leading the supporters in shouting "we are Taiwanese!" and "long live Taiwan!"

After the celebration, the TSU supporters left the park in groups to join the "Call Taiwan Taiwan" demonstration.
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