CHINA-TAIWAN: TAIWAN PRESIDENT OFFERS POLITICAL ASYLUM TO REFUGEES ESCAPING HONGKONG
Responding to Radio Free Asia reports on July 18, that about 10 Hong Kong protesters had arrived in Taiwan and of Apple Daily that about 30 had arrived on the island and 30 more were planning to follow, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen was quoted by Taiwan’s Central News Agency as saying at a media briefing in Saint Lucia during her tour of the Caribbean, that “These friends from Hong Kong will be treated in an appropriate way on humanitarian grounds.” The Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council declined to comment on whether it was in contact with alleged protesters or how many were in Taiwan.
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