Photo Gallery Taiwan's Campaign for UN Membership
Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian has launched a campaign to get the island recognized by the United Nations.
A poster outside the presidential office in Taipei backs up the campaign.
President Chen held a mass rally in support of Taiwan's bid on Sept. 15.
He headed a march of tens of thousands of Taiwanese through the streets of the Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan.
On the same day Taiwanese protestors also gathered outside the United Nations building in New York.
Not to be outdone, the opposition Kuomintang party held a rally on the same day in support of the UN membership bid.
Members of Taiwan's air force drilling on Sept. 12. Taiwan wanted to show its resolve to defend the island by simulating an invasion by China.
Celebrations in Beijing to mark the one-year countdown to the 2008 Olympic Games are pictured here. Taiwan has refused to allow the Olympic flame to be brought to the island before the games kick off in Beijing next year.
Taiwanese military honor guards are practicing for Taiwan's upcoming National Day on Oct. 10.
