Taiwan's push to join the United Nations got fresh international backing at a New York march, but a split among Taiwan's own lawmakers took some shine off the moment.

• A "Keep Taiwan Free" march wound from outside China's New York consulate to the public library as the UN General Assembly met nearby.
• The Marshall Islands' UN envoy John Silk joined at the finish line and said the world should stop shutting Taiwan out.
• Only DPP lawmaker Wang Yi-chuan showed up from the three-party delegation sent to New York; the KMT and TPP members skipped it.
• Organizers pitched Taiwan as a chip-making hub on track to be the world's 20th-largest economy, calling its exclusion absurd.
• The pro-UN group has widened its goal beyond the UN to include the WHO and other international bodies.

Outlook: Taiwan's bid will again go nowhere at this assembly, and the domestic party split over showing up abroad is likely to become a political fight at home.