With critical situation in Hong Kong, look to Taiwan as a partner and ally

The recent large-scale crackdown in Hong Kong serves as a test of our collective ability to defend democracy globally; if we fail this test, the next one will certainly be much more challenging.

Canada’s former foreign minister François-Philippe Champagne, left, issued a strong rebuke of the crackdown, Conservative Party critic for foreign affairs Michael Chong rebuked the mass arrests and urged further actions, and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has also stated that the Biden-Harris administration will ‘stand with the people of Hong Kong and against Beijing’s crackdown on democracy.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, The Hill Times file photograph, and photograph courtesy of the U.S. State Department

Opinion

BY WINSTON WEN-YI CHEN

January 27, 2021

In the early days of the new year, Hong Kong’s advocates for democracy were once again issued a stunning blow. Under the auspices of Hong Kong's “National Security Law,” more than 50 activists and pro-democracy politicians who had participated in democratic primary elections last year were arr...

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