Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday visited a bookshop that has become a symbol of resistance to perceived Chinese encroachments on Hong Kong's liberties, vowing to give help to the city's citizens fleeing to the
Democratic island.
Tsai this week became the first world leader to pledge specific measures to help people from Hong Kong who may leave the former
British colony because of new national security legislation that has triggered fresh anti-government
protests.
Hong Kong's demonstrators have won widespread sympathy in democratic Taiwan, which
China considers as its territory to be taken by force, if necessary.