TAIPEI ¨C Thousands of people thronged the streets around Taiwan¡¯s parliament on Tuesday, protesting against measures that would give lawmakers more oversight over the government and that opposition parties are pushing for, over the ruling party¡¯s objections.
The protests outside parliament, and a raucous session inside, demonstrated the febrile political atmosphere facing new President Lai Ching-te a day after his inauguration.
An irate China, which claims Taiwan as its territory, views him as a ¡°separatist¡°, while in the fractured legislature, his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has lost its majority.
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