Hong Kong and Tibetan advocates in Taiwan last night staged a rally against human rights abuses in China, as Beijing celebrated Chinese National Day.
The event outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei was livestreamed online.
Rally organizers told a news conference earlier in the day that Taiwan must take the threat of China seriously and should amend immigration laws to allow Hong Kongers and Macanese a path to permanent residency.
“Hong Kong, the home I grew up in, is lost forever... Taiwan is my second home and I will not be a bystander as China threatens it with destruction,” said a Hong Kong