A Taiwan demonstrator wraps his head with a "Taiwan Republic" flag during a flag raising ceremony sponsored by the pro-independence Taiwan Republic Movement, Monday, Sept. 8, 2008, in Taipei, Taiwan. The group has campaigned to declare September 8 Taiwan's independence day to mark the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty, under which Japan renounced its 50-year colonial rule of the island. AP Photo logo AP Photo 41 months ago

A Taiwan demonstrator wraps his head with a "Taiwan Republic" flag during a flag raising ceremony sponsored by the pro-independence Taiwan Republic Movement, Monday, Sept. 8, 2008, in Taipei, Taiwan. The group has campaigned to declare September 8 Taiwan's independence day to mark the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty, under which Japan renounced its 50-year colonial rule of the island.

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