Expel the Republic of China in-exile from Taiwan was the message several hundred demonstrators delivered to the American Institute in Taiwan on April 23.
Coordinating a coalition of groups and individuals seeking a Taiwanese nation was Roger Lin of the Formosa Nation Legal Strategy Association. Lin called on the United States to supervise a transitional government upon the expulsion of the Republic of China referring to U.S. obligations under the San Francisco Peace Treaty.
Matsui Mitshuiko, Vice-President of Friends of Taiwan Independence from Osaka, Japan, joined with Lin in urging action by the United States.
We feel that we, as Japanese, are obliged to help the Taiwanese in their fight for independence. Japan gave up its claim over Taiwan, but we did not give it to any other country. Therefore, we Japanese absolutely support the Taiwanese to found their own independent country.
One of the speakers in the demonstration was Nieco Tsai, a Taiwanese-American who also organized a weekly vigil for Taiwan outside the Los Angeles federal building back in the United States. The Los Angeles demonstration is in its fourth month .(Source: Examiner, Apr 23, 2010).