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 by Staff Writers Taipei (AFP) May 29, 2020
Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen visited a bookstore run by a prominent Hong Kong dissident Friday, repeating promises of humanitarian support and sanctuary for those fighting for democracy in the finance hub. The meeting in Taipei with Lam Wing-kee comes a day after China's rubber-stamp parliament approved plans to impose a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong that critics say will destroy the city's autonomy. "We thank Lam Wing-kee for your insistence on Hong Kong's human rights, freedom and democracy. I welcome you on behalf of the Taiwanese people," Tsai told the publisher. Lam and four other Hong Kong booksellers who published salacious titles about China's leadership vanished at the end of 2015, reappearing months later in police custody in mainland China. He fled to self-ruled, democratic Taiwan last year after the Hong Kong government announced a now-scrapped proposal to allow extraditions to China, and re-opened his bookshop there last month. Repeating a pledge that has angered Beijing, Tsai said her government was working on a "humanitarian assistance action plan" that will provide support for other Hong Kongers who flee to the island as Beijing cracks down on pro-democracy protests. Last year over 5,000 Hong Kongers moved to Taiwan, up 41 percent from a year earlier, some of them fleeing prosecution over the protests or seeking a new life in one of Asia's most progressive democracies. China claims sovereignty over Taiwan and has vowed to one day seize it, by force if necessary. Beijing has ratched up diplomatic and military pressure on Taiwan since Tsai came to power in 2016 because she regards the island as a de facto independent state and not part of "one China".
Taiwan leader vows 'action plan' for Hong Kong protesters Taipei (AFP) May 27, 2020 Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday pledged a humanitarian "action plan" for Hong Kongers pushing for democracy in the financial hub as an influx of activists seek sanctuary on the self-ruled democratic island. Hong Kong was upended by months of often violent pro-democracy protests last year sparked by rising fears that Beijing is chipping away at the city's freedoms. Unrest has returned in recent days after Beijing announced plans last week to impose a sweeping national security law in ... read more
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