Originally posted by paperchicken:
What the hell. 
[b]Taiwanese protesters burn Singapore
flag
TAIPEI - Demonstrators burned Singapore's flag on Friday in
southern Taiwan, protesting a recent speech by the south-east Asian
nation's foreign minister who warned that Taiwanese independence
supporters were risking a war with China.
The small group of protesters lit a fire in a metal barrel and
dipped Singapore's red and white flag into the flames while
chanting, 'Singapore is an informer' in Kaohsiung, the island's
second-biggest city.
Singapore and Taiwan have traditionally had friendly ties. But
relations turned chilly after Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo
gave a speech at the United Nations last week that some Taiwanese
thought unfairly criticised Taiwan.
Brigadier-General Yeo warned that some Taiwanese groups were
pushing for independence and that this would spark a war with China
that would drag in other countries.
Beijing's Communist leaders insist that self-ruled Taiwan is part
of China. They have threatened to attack if the Taiwanese don't
eventually accept Chinese rule.
BG Yeo's speech angered Taiwanese Foreign Minister Mark Chen, who
complained that the Singaporean official did not mention how China
was threatening Taiwan with hundreds of missiles. The rivals split
amid civil war in 1949.
One protester at Friday's flag-burning event accused Singapore of
pretending to be sympathetic to Taiwan as it covertly sides with
China. 'The government shouldn't let Singapore continue to go back
and forth between the two sides and inform on us', the protester,
who wasn't identified, told TVBS cable news. -- AP
[/b]
expected.... on the other hand, this could be the only way to
prompt singapore govt to wake up and do something.
