Taiwan makes another international news

Last time it was about gay right, which event actually hasn't happened yet, and now it's the nasty Taiwanese politics. Taiwanese media has been talking about the international coverage for a while, but this is the first true international coverage I've seen. In fact it was on the Yahoo frontpage.

At least 300,000 Taiwanese protesters thronged the streets of Taipei to vent their anger at President Chen Shui-bian, stepping up the pressure on the embattled leader to resign.

"This is a victory of the Taiwanese people ... the people power will topple the corrupted leader," veteran pro-democracy activist and protest organizer Shih Ming-teh told the crowd after kneeling to show thanks for their support Friday.

What? I know it has been something fashionable for politicians to kneel down in front of the people, but not him. Now it's not only fashionable. It's epidemic now.

"The Taiwanese people have declared to the world that we have the power to wipe out corruption, to defend democracy, human rights, peace and justice ... Long Live the People," said an emotional Shih at the end of the march.

It may make me sound like against the whole movement, which I'm not, but what is it to do with human rights? The only constitution right I can think of is the freedom of expression, but honestly I don't think it's even among the main purposes at all.