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EU’s Flaccid Sanctions Still Anger Beijing. German Press: Xi Jinping Will Not Tolerate Any Criticism
Following Beijing’s move to forcibly impose the national security law on Hong Kong, the European Union (EU) launched sanctioning policies one month later to express its disapproval. A European newspaper opinion piece states that the EU’s sanctions paled in comparison to those of the US and the UK, nevertheless, Beijing still expressed unquenchable fury. The opinion piece says that this indicated “Xi Jinping’s world will no longer suffer any kind of criticism”, and calls on European countries to avoid being overly dependent on China, subjecting to its restrictions.
The *Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung* published an opinion piece titled “China’s Unreasonable Fury”, pointing out that even though the sanctions launched by the EU were flaccid, they were nonetheless symbolic. “By implementing the Hong Kong national security law, China has infringed on the Sino-British agreement. Just this one point is sufficient to illustrate that China’s claim that Hong Kong affairs are 'internal affairs' does not stand. When it comes to breaches on international agreements, the EU has every right to respond.”
The opinion piece also states that it is believable that even the Chinese government did not find the EU’s sanctions a huge blow, “But to Beijing, whether the sanctions were harsh was by itself unimportant. No matter how gentle the terms, Xi Jinping’s world will no longer suffer any kind of criticism.” The article also says that even as the EU’s sanctions seemed weak and flaccid, it was better than none, because under the current circumstance, it was also very important to put up a symbolic stance to indicate to China that Europeans did not approve of China’s ways.
Source: Apple Daily #Aug3
#EU #XiJinping #FAZ #Frankfurter #sanctions #EuropeanUnion #nationalsecuritylaw #nsl
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200803/ABQUR57UCYETDGHXGAZBXWE2LU/
Following Beijing’s move to forcibly impose the national security law on Hong Kong, the European Union (EU) launched sanctioning policies one month later to express its disapproval. A European newspaper opinion piece states that the EU’s sanctions paled in comparison to those of the US and the UK, nevertheless, Beijing still expressed unquenchable fury. The opinion piece says that this indicated “Xi Jinping’s world will no longer suffer any kind of criticism”, and calls on European countries to avoid being overly dependent on China, subjecting to its restrictions.
The *Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung* published an opinion piece titled “China’s Unreasonable Fury”, pointing out that even though the sanctions launched by the EU were flaccid, they were nonetheless symbolic. “By implementing the Hong Kong national security law, China has infringed on the Sino-British agreement. Just this one point is sufficient to illustrate that China’s claim that Hong Kong affairs are 'internal affairs' does not stand. When it comes to breaches on international agreements, the EU has every right to respond.”
The opinion piece also states that it is believable that even the Chinese government did not find the EU’s sanctions a huge blow, “But to Beijing, whether the sanctions were harsh was by itself unimportant. No matter how gentle the terms, Xi Jinping’s world will no longer suffer any kind of criticism.” The article also says that even as the EU’s sanctions seemed weak and flaccid, it was better than none, because under the current circumstance, it was also very important to put up a symbolic stance to indicate to China that Europeans did not approve of China’s ways.
Source: Apple Daily #Aug3
#EU #XiJinping #FAZ #Frankfurter #sanctions #EuropeanUnion #nationalsecuritylaw #nsl
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200803/ABQUR57UCYETDGHXGAZBXWE2LU/
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China’s Diplomatic Offensive Sees Major Setback as Discontent Grows in Europe, Says New York Times
With Sino-US relations having remained tense in recent years, Beijing has arranged for its foreign minister Wang Yi to visit Europe in August in what was said to be an attempt to show goodwill to Europe and strike a new balance in international relations. But a New York Times commentary said more and more European countries are voicing dissatisfaction at China’s trade tactics, policies towards Hong Kong and Taiwan, human rights record, and other issues. The growing discontent, it said, has seriously undermined China’s diplomatic offensive in Europe.
Steven Lee Myers, head of The New York Times’ Beijing bureau, pointed out that while China believes Europe, given its pragmatism, could play a stabilizing role as Sino-US relations deteriorate, Europe’s changing perception of China poses a major challenge for the Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Myers wrote, “In the short term, it threatens to undermine the country’s post-pandemic economic recovery by stifling new investments as the United States restricts them, especially in high tech. In the longer term, it could blunt his ambitions for China to offer an alternative to the United States as the global leader dictating the rules for governance and trade.”
Myers sees China’s authoritarian system as representing very different political values from those of Europe, noting that the same goes for the new National Security Law in Hong Kong, which “has been used to crack down on dissent in the semiautonomous territory.” Janka Oertel, director of the Asian programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, said similarly that “[i]t makes it really hard for [China] to convey a message of cooperation and peacefulness and harmonious society, if at the same time you see schoolgirls being beaten up by the Hong Kong police.”
Europe’s dissatisfaction at China’s policies has become even more pronounced amid the Wuhan virus pandemic. China’s attempt to conceal its mishandling of the outbreak in the beginning and its subsequent ‘mask diplomacy’, which exposed the poor quality of its protective gear and medical supplies, have had a knock-on effect on attitudes towards China, especially in the Netherlands and Spain. According to the results of last week’s ECFR poll, only 7% of Europeans see China as a useful partner in the fight against the pandemic with 62% of the respondents viewing China negatively.
Sources: Apple Daily #Sep18
#Europe #US #HK #China #NewYorkTimes #NationalSecurityLaw #NSL #WuhanVirus #Coronavirus #Pandemic #COVID19 #Diplomacy
https://bit.ly/309D5ID
With Sino-US relations having remained tense in recent years, Beijing has arranged for its foreign minister Wang Yi to visit Europe in August in what was said to be an attempt to show goodwill to Europe and strike a new balance in international relations. But a New York Times commentary said more and more European countries are voicing dissatisfaction at China’s trade tactics, policies towards Hong Kong and Taiwan, human rights record, and other issues. The growing discontent, it said, has seriously undermined China’s diplomatic offensive in Europe.
Steven Lee Myers, head of The New York Times’ Beijing bureau, pointed out that while China believes Europe, given its pragmatism, could play a stabilizing role as Sino-US relations deteriorate, Europe’s changing perception of China poses a major challenge for the Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Myers wrote, “In the short term, it threatens to undermine the country’s post-pandemic economic recovery by stifling new investments as the United States restricts them, especially in high tech. In the longer term, it could blunt his ambitions for China to offer an alternative to the United States as the global leader dictating the rules for governance and trade.”
Myers sees China’s authoritarian system as representing very different political values from those of Europe, noting that the same goes for the new National Security Law in Hong Kong, which “has been used to crack down on dissent in the semiautonomous territory.” Janka Oertel, director of the Asian programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, said similarly that “[i]t makes it really hard for [China] to convey a message of cooperation and peacefulness and harmonious society, if at the same time you see schoolgirls being beaten up by the Hong Kong police.”
Europe’s dissatisfaction at China’s policies has become even more pronounced amid the Wuhan virus pandemic. China’s attempt to conceal its mishandling of the outbreak in the beginning and its subsequent ‘mask diplomacy’, which exposed the poor quality of its protective gear and medical supplies, have had a knock-on effect on attitudes towards China, especially in the Netherlands and Spain. According to the results of last week’s ECFR poll, only 7% of Europeans see China as a useful partner in the fight against the pandemic with 62% of the respondents viewing China negatively.
Sources: Apple Daily #Sep18
#Europe #US #HK #China #NewYorkTimes #NationalSecurityLaw #NSL #WuhanVirus #Coronavirus #Pandemic #COVID19 #Diplomacy
https://bit.ly/309D5ID
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(New Bar Association head's comments on the National Security Law | Pro-Beijing media response)
https://twitter.com/XinqiSu/status/1353977359012007936?s=20
(u/KvasirsBlod)
https://twitter.com/XinqiSu/status/1353977359012007936?s=20
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Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪
People’s Daily join HK’s Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po to criticise new Bar Association head Paul Harris SC, making it clear that HK has no power to seek amendments of #NSL and the Bar Association should repent and mend its way of “politicisation and condoning…
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#Sports
#Taiwan Will Not Participate in Gay Games hosted by Hong Kong due to the #NationalSecurityLaw
Hong Kong successfully applied for hosting the Gay Games in 2022. It is the first time for the game to be held in Asia.
However, the Taiwan Gay Sports and Movement Association (#TGSMA) issued a statement, pointing out that due to possible China's intervention, the TGSMA would not participate in the Gay Games unless Hong Kong authorities can ensure the safety of the athletes.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) quoted Yang Chih-Chun, president of the TGSMA, that after the Hong Kong National Security Law implementation, the authority could use any reason to arrest people, which TGSMA could not ensure the athletes' safety.
Yang Chih-Chun also showed his concerns to AFP that the Taiwanese athletes and staff would be arrested because of waving the Taiwanese flag or competing under the name of "Taiwan".
#GayGame #TGSMA #Taiwan #AFP #NSL #YangCihChun
Source: Stand News #Aug07
https://bit.ly/3xzEWnG
#Taiwan Will Not Participate in Gay Games hosted by Hong Kong due to the #NationalSecurityLaw
Hong Kong successfully applied for hosting the Gay Games in 2022. It is the first time for the game to be held in Asia.
However, the Taiwan Gay Sports and Movement Association (#TGSMA) issued a statement, pointing out that due to possible China's intervention, the TGSMA would not participate in the Gay Games unless Hong Kong authorities can ensure the safety of the athletes.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) quoted Yang Chih-Chun, president of the TGSMA, that after the Hong Kong National Security Law implementation, the authority could use any reason to arrest people, which TGSMA could not ensure the athletes' safety.
Yang Chih-Chun also showed his concerns to AFP that the Taiwanese athletes and staff would be arrested because of waving the Taiwanese flag or competing under the name of "Taiwan".
#GayGame #TGSMA #Taiwan #AFP #NSL #YangCihChun
Source: Stand News #Aug07
https://bit.ly/3xzEWnG
Forwarded from 國際文宣組 IFC
The hypocrisy of #CCP:
1) #Taliban are friends but university students are terrorists.
2) it took 24 hours to arrest and send these students to court, but 47 pro-democracy politicians and activists, arrested in Feb 2021, still haven’t been on trial.
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F*** CCP.
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#Beijing #HKU #hk #hongkong #University #LeungKinfai #nsl #nationalsecuritylaw
1) #Taliban are friends but university students are terrorists.
2) it took 24 hours to arrest and send these students to court, but 47 pro-democracy politicians and activists, arrested in Feb 2021, still haven’t been on trial.
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F*** CCP.
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#Beijing #HKU #hk #hongkong #University #LeungKinfai #nsl #nationalsecuritylaw
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"The cheapening of the seriousness of terrorist acts and sedition offences, when Governments improperly use them to justify quelling domestic dissent, limiting protests and curbing criticism by civil society and human rights defenders, is deeply troubling," said the #UN #humanrightsexperts, yet without any actual power, the #CCP simply ignores them.
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#hongkong #hk #meme #chinese #nsl #nationalsecuritylaw
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#hongkong #hk #meme #chinese #nsl #nationalsecuritylaw
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‼️Also old post:
https://publielectoral.lat/internationalfccp/9980
https://publielectoral.lat/internationalfccp/9980
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國際文宣組 IFC
#USA cannot threaten #CCP's rule but a 19-year-old, scrawny little kid still at school is a grave national danger to #China...? Something doesn't add up... 🤔
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RELEASE TONY CHUNG!
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#ccp #china #USA #TonyChung #nationalsecuritylaw #nsl #kermit #meme #english…
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RELEASE TONY CHUNG!
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#ccp #china #USA #TonyChung #nationalsecuritylaw #nsl #kermit #meme #english…
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Did Zhao Lijian and Hua Chunying break the "#nationalsecuritylaw" too if they're on Twitter? The only crime committed by #JimmyLai is telling the truth.
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#nsl #hk #hongkong #appledaily #freedomofpress #pressfreedom #english #diyms #ccp #china
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#nsl #hk #hongkong #appledaily #freedomofpress #pressfreedom #english #diyms #ccp #china
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#CCP
Crackdown on Stand News is China's First Step in Controlling the World's Narrative, says Former #NextDigital Director
The day after Stand News was forced to shut down by Hong Kong Police, Hong Kong Democracy Council (#HKDC) held a rapid response virtual briefing on December 30, 2021, in which the speakers urged the international community to closely monitor the developing situation.
Not only is freedom of press under attack in Hong Kong, they said, the incident also signifies important future challenges, such as the possibility of China manipulating the world in the future.
The invited speakers were #ThomasKellogg, executive director of the Center for Asian Law at Georgetown University; and #MarkClifford, former independent non-executive director of Next Digital.
As a former director of Next Media, Clifford saw firsthand the government's oppression against Apple Daily, which began even before the National Security Law (#NSL) took effect on June 30, 2020. The crackdown against Stand News had been rumored to be coming for some time; even so, when it finally became reality, Clifford felt it deeply.
"What's happening at Stand News is tragic," Clifford said, "Perhaps not a complete surprise, because we have seen what happened at Apple Daily. It's extraordinary when you're on the other end of state power - unchecked state power. In a city like Hong Kong, it's hard to believe."
The arrests and forced closure of Stand News happened soon after the conclusion of the legislative elections. Hong Kong Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang had twice written to the Wall Street Journal to criticize their reporting of the Hong Kong Elections, even calling its editorials "sickening".
Clifford said that this had not been a coincidence; rather, it reflects the Chinese Communist Party's ambitions to control the world's narrative.
Source: VOA Chinese #Dec30
https://www.voachinese.com/a/experts-analysis-on-hong-kong-standard-news-forced-closure-20211230/6376727.html
Video of the HKDC Rapid Response Virtual Briefing:
https://www.facebook.com/hkdc.us/videos/958932114740331/
#StandNewsCrackdown #NationalSecurityLaw #FreedomOfPress #Media #PoliticalProsecution
Crackdown on Stand News is China's First Step in Controlling the World's Narrative, says Former #NextDigital Director
The day after Stand News was forced to shut down by Hong Kong Police, Hong Kong Democracy Council (#HKDC) held a rapid response virtual briefing on December 30, 2021, in which the speakers urged the international community to closely monitor the developing situation.
Not only is freedom of press under attack in Hong Kong, they said, the incident also signifies important future challenges, such as the possibility of China manipulating the world in the future.
The invited speakers were #ThomasKellogg, executive director of the Center for Asian Law at Georgetown University; and #MarkClifford, former independent non-executive director of Next Digital.
As a former director of Next Media, Clifford saw firsthand the government's oppression against Apple Daily, which began even before the National Security Law (#NSL) took effect on June 30, 2020. The crackdown against Stand News had been rumored to be coming for some time; even so, when it finally became reality, Clifford felt it deeply.
"What's happening at Stand News is tragic," Clifford said, "Perhaps not a complete surprise, because we have seen what happened at Apple Daily. It's extraordinary when you're on the other end of state power - unchecked state power. In a city like Hong Kong, it's hard to believe."
The arrests and forced closure of Stand News happened soon after the conclusion of the legislative elections. Hong Kong Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang had twice written to the Wall Street Journal to criticize their reporting of the Hong Kong Elections, even calling its editorials "sickening".
Clifford said that this had not been a coincidence; rather, it reflects the Chinese Communist Party's ambitions to control the world's narrative.
Source: VOA Chinese #Dec30
https://www.voachinese.com/a/experts-analysis-on-hong-kong-standard-news-forced-closure-20211230/6376727.html
Video of the HKDC Rapid Response Virtual Briefing:
https://www.facebook.com/hkdc.us/videos/958932114740331/
#StandNewsCrackdown #NationalSecurityLaw #FreedomOfPress #Media #PoliticalProsecution
美国之音
壹传媒前高层：香港打压《立场新闻》是中共试图控制世界话语权的一步
香港网媒《立场新闻》被迫关闭事件持续发展之际，长期关心香港局势发展的外籍传媒人士与法律学者促请，国际社会不应袖手旁观，应关注事态发展，这不仅事关香港新闻自由遭受攻击，还关系到世界将来会否受到中国操控等重要挑战。
Forwarded from 📡Guardians of Hong Kong aka BeWater HK
#Arrest #Suppression #PoliceState
75yo activist remains in custody until April on inciting subversion charge
Hong Kong activist Koo Sze-yiu appeared before a national security judge in the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts on February 5, the day after he was arrested for inciting subversion.
Read more on his arrest:
Hong Kong National Police arrested social activists before a planned Winter Olympics demonstration
https://publielectoral.lat/BeWaterHK/61
As Koo stepped into the defendant’s dock, he tried to wave and thank his supporters in the courtroom, but was immediately stopped by court security.
Later on when the magistrate asked Koo whether he understood the charges against him, Koo shouted, “Human rights rank above the right of states, and the people are more important than the state. I am not guilty.”
He was soon interrupted by the judge and ordered to cease shouting.
Without a legal representative, Koo applied for bail on his own, and was denied. He was not required to enter a plea as the Judge adjourned the case to April 1, 2022. Koo would be remanded in custody until then.
#KooSzeYiu #NSL #Subversion #BeijingWinterOlympics
Source: InmediaHK; #Feb6
https://bit.ly/3rsxwmp
75yo activist remains in custody until April on inciting subversion charge
Hong Kong activist Koo Sze-yiu appeared before a national security judge in the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts on February 5, the day after he was arrested for inciting subversion.
Read more on his arrest:
Hong Kong National Police arrested social activists before a planned Winter Olympics demonstration
https://publielectoral.lat/BeWaterHK/61
As Koo stepped into the defendant’s dock, he tried to wave and thank his supporters in the courtroom, but was immediately stopped by court security.
Later on when the magistrate asked Koo whether he understood the charges against him, Koo shouted, “Human rights rank above the right of states, and the people are more important than the state. I am not guilty.”
He was soon interrupted by the judge and ordered to cease shouting.
Without a legal representative, Koo applied for bail on his own, and was denied. He was not required to enter a plea as the Judge adjourned the case to April 1, 2022. Koo would be remanded in custody until then.
#KooSzeYiu #NSL #Subversion #BeijingWinterOlympics
Source: InmediaHK; #Feb6
https://bit.ly/3rsxwmp
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#Arrest #Suppression #PoliceState
Hong Kong National Police arrested social activists before a planned Winter Olympics demonstration
Source: Inmediahk, #Feb4
#KooSzeYiu #NSL #Subversion #BeijingWinterOlympics
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Hong Kong National Police arrested social activists before a planned Winter Olympics demonstration
Source: Inmediahk, #Feb4
#KooSzeYiu #NSL #Subversion #BeijingWinterOlympics
Read more
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#Censorship #June4th
Pro-democracy artists and activists arranged shipment of banned books in Hong Kong to US
Following the imposition of the National Security Law (#NSL) in Hong Kong in 2020, the local government launched a series of attempts to erase citizens' memories of the June 4th massacre in Beijing in 1989.
Yet, in mid-February this year, around 100 boxes of books and collaterals concerning the June 4th massacre, weighed over 8,000 pounds, had been successfully shipped out of Hong Kong to the Liberty Sculpture Park in California, USA.
The collection of books and historical archives will be kept at the "Victims of Communism Memorial" of Liberty Sculpture Park for public viewing in the future.
Chen Wai-ming, a representative of the Park, told reporters that these precious contemporary literatures and biographies, covering the truth of the June 4th massacre and crimes of the Communist Party, have been banned in Hong Kong.
Possessing these materials could bring troubles and even criminal risks to their owners.
Source: Epochin Times
https://hk.epochtimes.com/news/2022-02-22/5178352
#TienanmenMassacre #CCP #Suppression #Beijing
Pro-democracy artists and activists arranged shipment of banned books in Hong Kong to US
Following the imposition of the National Security Law (#NSL) in Hong Kong in 2020, the local government launched a series of attempts to erase citizens' memories of the June 4th massacre in Beijing in 1989.
Yet, in mid-February this year, around 100 boxes of books and collaterals concerning the June 4th massacre, weighed over 8,000 pounds, had been successfully shipped out of Hong Kong to the Liberty Sculpture Park in California, USA.
The collection of books and historical archives will be kept at the "Victims of Communism Memorial" of Liberty Sculpture Park for public viewing in the future.
Chen Wai-ming, a representative of the Park, told reporters that these precious contemporary literatures and biographies, covering the truth of the June 4th massacre and crimes of the Communist Party, have been banned in Hong Kong.
Possessing these materials could bring troubles and even criminal risks to their owners.
Source: Epochin Times
https://hk.epochtimes.com/news/2022-02-22/5178352
#TienanmenMassacre #CCP #Suppression #Beijing
大紀元時報 香港｜獨立敢言的良心媒體
【A1頭條】近百箱「六四」書籍由香港運抵美加州 自由雕塑公園內設紀念館 藏品將對外開放
2月17日，八千多磅、近百箱的「六四」相關書籍運抵美國加州自由雕塑公園（Liberty Sculpture Park），這些書籍、檔案史料將成為園區內「『六四』共產主義受難者紀念館」藏品，整理後開放予公眾閱覽。這批圖書是經當年學生領袖之一的周鋒鎖以及「人道中國」組織接洽相關單位，由香港輾轉運至加州。加州自由雕塑公...
Forwarded from Hong Kong Democracy Movement
Just as we had predicted, the #NationalSecurityLaw was purposely written to affects everyone including those outside of #HKGov's jurisdiction. This is also the reason why #CCP strives to take control of the interpol.
#CCP_is_terrorist
#NSL
#CCP_is_terrorist
#NSL
Forwarded from 📡Guardians of Hong Kong
[Special] Taiwanese students living in HK under National Security Law - some got back to Taiwan, some stay.
Translated by Guardians of Hong Kong
In the past ten years, many Taiwanese further their post-secondary education and stay for career development in Hong Kong which has comparatively more international exposure than studying in Taiwan.
This year, among the many crying and hugging scenes in the Hong Kong International Airport, there were some Taiwanese friends. Wing-Yan (pseudonym), a Taiwanese who completed her bachelor degree in the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and stayed for 7 years, left Hong Kong in Aug 2021 and returned to Taiwan.
Read our fully translated story here:
https://telegra.ph/Special-Taiwanese-students-living-in-HK-under-National-Security-Law---some-got-back-to-Taiwan-some-stay-12-31
Source: The Stand News #Aug20
Reporter: KWAN Kwun-kei
#NSL #ChinaTaiwan #TaiwaneseInHK #Taiwan
Translated by Guardians of Hong Kong
In the past ten years, many Taiwanese further their post-secondary education and stay for career development in Hong Kong which has comparatively more international exposure than studying in Taiwan.
This year, among the many crying and hugging scenes in the Hong Kong International Airport, there were some Taiwanese friends. Wing-Yan (pseudonym), a Taiwanese who completed her bachelor degree in the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and stayed for 7 years, left Hong Kong in Aug 2021 and returned to Taiwan.
Read our fully translated story here:
https://telegra.ph/Special-Taiwanese-students-living-in-HK-under-National-Security-Law---some-got-back-to-Taiwan-some-stay-12-31
Source: The Stand News #Aug20
Reporter: KWAN Kwun-kei
#NSL #ChinaTaiwan #TaiwaneseInHK #Taiwan