Independence activists commemorate San Francisco Treaty with flag-raising ceremony
Independence activists commemorate San Francisco Treaty with flag-raising ceremony
2023-09-08
Taiwan independence activists commemorated the anniversary of the Treaty of San Francisco Friday, which officially ended Japan’s territorial claims over Taiwan after World War II. Activists see the date as a sort of "independence day" for Taiwan, and have been holding a flag-raising ceremony on Sept. 8 since 2005. This year’s event was attended by Legislative Speaker You Si-kun, who thanked activists for their efforts in normalizing Taiwan’s international situation.
Taiwan independence activists hoist a Taiwan independence flag outside the Legislative Yuan to celebrate Sept. 8, which marks the signing of the Treaty of San Francisco. The flag-raising event took place at 9:08 a.m. The activists say they have high hopes for DPP presidential candidate Lai Ching-te.
Peter Wang
Taiwan Republic Office founder
We have more confidence in Lai Ching-te, because he has more resolve. He will make efforts to speed up projects like rectifying names, constitutional reform and transitional justice. He will make up for all of Tsai Ing-wen’s shortcomings.
Chilly Chen
Taiwan Republic Office director
Lai Ching-te is the only one who can maintain Taiwan’s current lifestyle based on freedom, democracy, human rights, and rule of law, and freedom from enslavement by the Chinese Communist Party. The other three candidates are quite worrying, as they are backed by red shadows.
The flag-raising ceremony is in its 19th edition, and was attended by supporters from home and abroad. Also at the event, Taiwan Republic Office founder Peter Wang launched a book about his efforts to defend Taiwan’s sovereignty and his campaigns to let Taiwan be Taiwan internationally.
You Si-kun
Legislative speaker
I would like to offer my admiration and encouragement to everyone. No matter what, I truly believe that Taiwan is on its way to becoming a normal nation. Taiwan’s normalization is definitely something we can achieve. Let’s keep working hard toward it.
Legislative Speaker You Si-kun also took part at the event, thanking activists for their work. With the 2024 general elections just around the corner, the flag-raising ceremony on Friday was especially significant. Activists say they hope the next president will defend Taiwan’s sovereignty and normalize Taiwan’s international situation.
紀念舊金山和約簽署 "台灣國"創辦人王獻極舉辦升旗
2023-09-08
1951年9月8號，是舊金山和約的簽署日期，台灣國認定這天是台灣主權回歸所有台灣人的日子，每年都會在9月8號的9點08分舉行升旗典禮，今年已經邁入第19個年頭，台灣國創辦人王獻極同時舉行新書發表會，立法院長游錫堃也到場共襄盛舉。
台灣旗在立法院前緩緩升起，9月8日是舊金山和約簽署的日期，台灣國成員照例在這天9點08分舉辦升旗，台灣國成員對民進黨總統參選人賴清德，有很大的期許。
[[台灣國創辦人 王獻極]]
"我們對賴清德，有比較大的信心，因為他比較有魄力，他會推動較快的對正名制憲、轉型正義這方面，之前蔡英文做不夠的，他會補足"
[[台灣國理事長 陳峻涵]]
"賴清德是唯一一個，可以維持台灣自由、民主、人權、法治的生活方式，過一個不被共黨奴役的生活，其他三個候選人都讓人不放心，都隱約看到後面，有紅色的陰影"
升旗活動邁入第19年，不少海外支持者都到場力挺，台灣國創辦人王獻極同時舉辦新書發表會，記錄下捍衛主權、國家正名多年來的心路歷程。
[[立法院長 游錫堃]]
"表示敬佩，也向大家勉勵，無論如何我是覺得，台灣往正常國家，國家正常化這絕對能等到，大家繼續在打拚"
立法院長游錫堃出席活動，感謝台灣國努力為正名發聲。緊接著就是2024總統大選，這次升旗具有指標性意義，台灣國期待下一位總統人選，能加速台灣成為主權獨立的正常國家。
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