Thousands of gathered in Taiwan's capital Taipei on Sunday (November 22) to protest the government's decision to ease restrictions on US pork imports, the Central News Agency (CAN) reported.
About 20,000 people joined the annual Autumn Struggle labor demonstration in Taipei, the report cited the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party as saying. A slew of labor-rights groups organized the protest, with support from KMT and the Taiwan People's Party, to put a focus on the US pork import issue.
KMT chairman Johnny Chiang invited President Tsai Ing-wen to a debate about the imports, CNA reported. KMT is seeking a referendum aimed at overturning the government's decision to allow imports of US pork produced using the growth promoter ractopamine.