HONG KONG PROTESTS CHINA's NATIONAL SECURITY LAW ( NO MORE SOCIAL DISTANCING )
Posted on 05/24/2020 8:53:36 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Taiwan will provide the people of Hong Kong with “necessary assistance”, President Tsai Ing-wen has said, after a resurgence in protests in the Chinese-ruled territory against newly proposed national security legislation from Beijing.
Taiwan has become a refuge for a small but growing number of pro-democracy protesters fleeing Hong Kong, which has been convulsed since last year by protests.
Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse tens of thousands of people who rallied on Sunday to protest against Beijing’s plan to impose national security laws on the city.
Writing on her Facebook page late on Sunday, Tsai said the proposed legislation was a serious threat to Hong Kong’s freedoms and judicial independence.
Bullets and repression are not the way to deal with the aspirations of Hong Kong’s people for freedom and democracy, she added.
“In face of the changing situation, the international community has proactively stretched out a helping hand to Hong Kong’s people,” Tsai wrote.
Taiwan will “even more proactively perfect and forge ahead with relevant support work, and provide Hong Kong’s people with necessary assistance,’” she wrote.
Taiwan has no law on refugees that could be applied to Hong Kong protesters who seek asylum on the island. Its laws do promise, though, to help Hong Kong citizens whose safety and liberty are threatened for political reasons.
The Hong Kong protests have won widespread sympathy in Taiwan, and the support for the protesters by Tsai and her administration have worsened already poor ties between Taipei and Beijing.
On Monday, Hong Kong’s security chief said “terrorism” was growing in the city, as government departments rallied behind Beijing’s plans to introduce the national security laws.
“Terrorism is growing in the city and activities which harm national security, such as ‘Hong Kong independence’, become more rampant,”
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Time to bring down the ChiComs.
I am sure this COVID thing has absolutely nothing to do with Xi's desire to get cover for the shredding of Hong Kong's sovereignty.
A goal of the CCP for a very long time.
Taiwan knows that they’re next, so they better fight the fight in Hong Kong.
“Taiwan knows that they’re next, so they better fight the fight in Hong Kong.”
Hey Australia and the US are on the agenda, too.
First Hong Kong falls, then Taiwan, then the cheap labor Republicans rejoice in their cheap imports from ChiCom.
Taiwan - be VERY CAREFUL of accepting any immigration from HK without serious vetting.
This is the perfect time for the CCP to send PLA acting as refugees.
Congress should pass a law forbidding trade with any country that has a National Defense strategy to subjugate the United States. That is China.
The people of Hong Kong should NEVER give up. I think they can take out the Chicoms if they persist.
Taiwan is FREE China.
One day, God willing, the mainlanders will follow Taiwan and Hong Kong’s lead.
I fully expect to mourn the death of my adopted home-town very soon
living in interesting times
there’s just a SLIGHT difference between the US and the Taiwanese milities though :)
i’m not too worried about an invasion any time soon
and anyone who thinks they will match us at sea is deluded
we have a new foe every now and then that everyone panics about when it comes to their military
and then we get to see our latest technology at work
like frying a drone with a beam...God only knows what they have that we don’t know about
You must be heart broke !
And the freedom-loving West should help them (undercover of course; don’t want to be linked publicly with any action against China): the United States, Canada, England, Australia, etc. We’ve all got special forces teams that are phenomenal.
“I fully expect to mourn the death of my adopted home-town very soon”
You’re cheering it and blaming the Hong Kongers.
Spare us your alligator tears.
“You must be heart broke !”
He’s cheering on the ChiCom thugs, blaming the Hong Kongers for all of it.
I, on the other hand, blame the rat bastard Chi Com thugs. Screw them.
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