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Taiwan urgently needs refugee law

Clarence Chou and Chiu Ee-ling

Article 18 of the Laws and Regulations Regarding Hong Kong and Macau Affairs (香港澳門關係條例) states: “Necessary assistance shall be provided to Hong Kong or Macau residents whose safety and liberty are immediately threatened for political reasons.”

In Taiwan, with the escalating violence and ongoing protests in Hong Kong, Hong Kong democracy activist and Demosisto Secretary-General Joshua Wong (黃之鋒) published an article last week expressing hope that the Taiwanese government would include Hong Kong demonstrators in Article 18.

Global health group ousts PRC, elevates Taiwanese

Taipei Times

International Medical Informatics Association president-elect Jack Li, who is also dean of Taipei Medical University’s College of Medical Science and Technology, delivers a speech in an undated photograph.
Photo courtesy of Li Yu-chuan via CNA

The International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) last month expelled the China Medical Informatics Association (CMIA) and named Taiwanese representative Jack Li (李友專) as its next president.

Academic held in China for 420 days

Taipei Times

The Straits Exchange Foundation offices are pictured in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Chung Li-hua, Taipei Times

A veteran supporter of cross-strait exchanges has been arbitrarily detained in China for 420 days, sources told the Liberty Times (the sister newspaper of the Taipei Times) yesterday.

Moment of truth for HK and China

Joseph Bosco

The Hong Kong crisis is no longer simply a confrontation between pro-democracy protesters and the communist government in China and its subservient local administration. It has expanded into a campaign in the information warfare conducted by China against the West.

Beijing once again has accused the US and other democratic nations of interfering in Hong Kong’s affairs, and thus in China’s, and fomenting the disturbances that have rocked the territory for more than three months.

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