(14 Mar 2009)
Hundreds of Taiwanese and Tibetan protesters marched in downtown Taipei on Saturday to demand an end to Chinese rule in Tibet.
Saturday's rally came on the first anniversary of riots in Tibets against China and this week's 50th anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising that
sent the Dalai Lama into exile.
Participants said that they wanted to support the Tibetans' right to choose their own future, adding that they feared Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou's China-friendly policy could lead Taiwan to share Tibet's fate.
Since Ma's inauguration last May, he has improved long-strained relations with China by resuming high-level talks and bolstering trade ties.
China claims both Taiwan and Tibet as its territory.
While Tibet is still a part of China, Taiwan split from the mainland amid civil war in 1949.
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