Hand in hand for democracy-More than a million form human chain

Sunday, February 29, 2004

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- An estimated 1.2 million people linked hands in a human chain the length of the island Saturday as President Chen Shui-bian urged protesters to oppose China's military threats and create the "Great Wall of Taiwan's democracy."

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