Hong Kong's democracy protesters and politicians have hailed a sweeping ele...
TAIPEI - Hong Kong’s democracy protesters and politicians have hailed a sweeping election win by Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen as a fillip for their movement that puts further pressure on China.
“A weight has been lifted off my shoulders,” said a Hong Kong protester in Taipei, who gave his name only as Roger and said he had feared being kicked out of Taiwan if its China-friendly opposition Kuomintang party swept to power. “That’s why, in 2020, we need to fight autocracy together with the international community,” Lau said on Sunday.
The slogan “Today Taiwan, Tomorrow Hong Kong” has sprung up after the landslide win, to express the hope that Hong Kong too will one day have full democracy. Many credit the protests with having helped to sway the Taiwan election in Tsai’s favor and deliver a rebuke to Beijing. While Taiwan has discreetly extended tourist visas and offered special mid-year intakes for Hong Kong students at some universities, calls have grown to amend the law with special provisions for the territory.
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