A float in Taipei is part of a parade celebrating Taiwan's national independence day, or Double Tenth Day, commemorated each year on October 10 ("ten ten").
An uprising in Wuchang, China, on October 10, 1911 triggered the collapse of the Qing Dynasty and led to the establishment of the Republic of China. The annual independence day celebration is marked with parades and fireworks throughout Taiwan.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Taiwan: The Other China Changes Course," November 1993, National Geographic magazine)
