A Hong Kong bookseller who disappeared into Chinese custody for half a year raised nearly $100,000 in less than a day on Friday as he tries to open a new store in Taiwan.
Lam Wing-kee fled to Taiwan in April after Hong Kong announced plans to allow extraditions to
China, a move which sparked months of massive street
protests in the financial hub.
The 64-year-old was one of five publishers selling gossip-filled tomes on China's leaders who vanished at the end of 2015, resurfacing in mainland custody and making televised confessions.