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Hong Kong was a “huge issue” in Taiwan’s 2020 election, said Shelley Rigger, a professor of East Asian politics at Davidson College in North Carolina, who was in Taiwan at the time.
January 8, 2024 at 8:07 PM. HONG KONG (AP) — As Taiwan’s presidential election approaches, many immigrants from Hong Kong, witnesses to the alarming erosion of civil liberties at home, are ...
Joshua Wong Chi-fung ( Chinese: 黃之鋒; Cantonese Yale: Wòhng Jīfūng; born 13 October 1996) [ 1] is a Hong Kong activist and politician. He served as secretary-general of the pro-democracy party Demosisto until it disbanded following the implementation of the Hong Kong national security law on 30 June 2020. Wong was previously convenor ...
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen appealed to voters on Sunday to think of what had happened to Chinese-controlled Hong Kong when they cast their ballots next month, saying peace must be backed up ...
Before 1842, both regions were part of the Qing dynasty; in 1842, Hong Kong Island was ceded to the British Empire as a result of the First Opium War, and in 1895, Taiwan was ceded to the Empire of Japan as a result of the First Sino-Japanese War. Sun Yat-sen was a student in Hong Kong in the late 1800s and believed that the Qing dynasty's ...
Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France.Founded in 1835 as Havas, it is the world's oldest news agency.. With 2,400 employees of 100 nationalities, AFP has an editorial presence in 260 cities across 151 countries. [1]
Tsai Ing-wen: the leader who put Taiwan on the map and stood up to China. Wayne Chang and Nectar Gan, CNN. May 18, 2024 at 9:24 PM. Tsai Ing-wen never set out to be a leader. Growing up shy, she ...
In Hong Kong, censorship, which refers to the suppression of speech or other public communication, raises issues regarding the freedom of speech. By law, censorship is usually practised against the distribution of certain materials, particularly child pornography, obscene images, and reports on court cases which may lead to unfair trial.