Anti-Miramar resort protest held in Taipei

01/22

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Protesters hold signs against the Miramar hotel development on Shanyuan Beach, Taidong. They took to the streets in Taipei outside the Miramar shopping mall.

02/22

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Protesters against the Miramar hotel development on Shanyuan Beach, Taidong took to the streets in Taipei outside the Miramar shopping mall.

03/22

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Protesters against the Miramar hotel development on Shanyuan Beach, Taidong gather before the media.

04/22

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Speeches at a protest against the Miramar Group's resort on Taiwan's east coast.

05/22

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Staging an artistic protest against a controversial resort development.

06/22

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A protester with painted face campaigns in Taipei against a resort that the courts have ruled violated its environmental impact assessment.

07/22

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Protesters against the Miramar hotel development on Shanyuan Beach, Taidong took to the streets in Taipei outside the Miramar shopping mall. Taiwan's High Court has previously ruled the project has a flawed environmental impact assessment.

08/22

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Protesters against the Miramar hotel development on Shanyuan Beach, Taidong took to the streets in Taipei outside the Miramar shopping mall. In September 2012, Taiwan's Supreme Administrative Court ruled in favor of the protesters.

09/22

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A protesters talks to pedestrians about the anti-Miramar resort protest.

10/22

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Protesters against the Miramar hotel development on Shanyuan Beach, Taidong took to the streets in Taipei outside the Miramar shopping mall. In September 2012 Taiwan's Supreme Administrative Court ruled the construction should be discontinued.

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Protesters against the Miramar hotel development on Shanyuan Beach, Taidong took to the streets in Taipei outside the Miramar shopping mall.

12/22

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A singer / guitarist performs a protest song.

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Protesters against the Miramar hotel development on Shanyuan Beach, Taidong took to the streets in Taipei outside the Miramar shopping mall.

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A protester with painted face performs during a demonstration.

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Colorful protestor against the Miramar hotel development on Shanyuan Beach, Taidong.

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Protesters against the Miramar hotel development on Shanyuan Beach, Taidong took to the streets in Taipei outside the Miramar shopping mall.

17/22

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Protesters hold banners and photographs in a demonstration against a controversial resort. Protesters say the resort has spoiled a beach sacred to aboriginal people.

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Protesters hold banners and photographs in a demonstration against a controversial resort. Protesters say the resort has spoiled a beach sacred to aboriginal people and caused damage to the surrounding environment.

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A protester campaigns in Taipei against a resort that the courts have ruled violated its environmental impact assessment.

20/22

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Protesters against the Miramar hotel development on Shanyuan Beach, Taidong took to the streets in Taipei outside the Miramar shopping mall.

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Protesters against the Miramar hotel development on Shanyuan Beach, Taidong took to the streets in Taipei outside the Miramar shopping mall. The famed Miramar ferris wheel can be seen in the background.

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Protesters against the Miramar hotel development on Shanyuan Beach, Taidong took to the streets in Taipei outside the Miramar shopping mall.

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Protesters opposed to Miramar resort on Taidong county's Shanyuan Beach took their grievances to the streets in the capital, Taipei. Gathering outside Miramar shopping mall, the group staged a press conference and chanted slogans against the hotel.