228 Hand-in-Hand Rally

The 228 Hand-in-Hand rally (; Pinyin: 228 Baiwànrén Shouqian Shouhù Táiwan; meaning literally "228, one million people hand-in-hand to protect Taiwan" - 228 standing for February 28) was a demonstration in the form of a human chain held in Taiwan on February 28, 2004, the 57th anniversary of the 2/28 Incident. Approximately two million (estimation ranged from 1.9 to 2.3 million depending on the reporting media) Taiwanese formed a long human chain, from the harbor at Keelung, Taiwan's northernmost city, to its southern tip at Eluanbi, Pingtung County to commemorate the February 28 Incident, to call for peace, and to protest the deployment of missiles by the People's Republic of China aimed at Taiwan along the mainland coast.