Taipei takes on the role of commemoration from Hong Kong as the only Chinese-speaking country to hold vigils
The government of Taiwan is treading a narrow path between supporting the protesters it has backed as “freedom fighters”, and the need to maintain a tenuous peace with China without upsetting the status quo.
“I’m worried that Taiwan may become like Hong Kong. I want her to know that we can protest and we can speak up,” she says. Former Hong Kong protest leader Wong Yik Mo, who is also Taiwanese and fled here permanently in 2020, hopes that the vigil grows. “My friends in Hong Kong were telling me to hold candles for them because they can’t do it ... If [Hong Kongers] have time they should come. Otherwise, why are you leaving? If you don’t care about 4 June then stay in Hong Kong. You’re safe.”
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