An article in the South China Morning Post by Wang Xiangwei, a former Editor-in-Chief and currently Beijing-based Adviser to the newspaper, reported that latest data from Taiwan’s Ministry of the Interior revealed that approx. 4,352 Hongkongers received residency approvals in the first 10 months of 2019, up 20.6 per cent from the same period last year. Most of the applications were from Hong Kong students looking to study at Taiwan’s universities, and Hongkongers who intended to continue to work on the island. He quoted Lee Ming-yi, Chairman of Kaohsiung City Government’s Research, Development and Evaluation Commission, as saying the political generation gap between young people and those over the age of 50 has been deepening in Taiwan, where it has very clearly manifested in voters’ preferences in the run-up to the elections. Lee Ming-yi also said research and opinion polls found that the majority of the Taiwanese youth show clear preference and support for Tsai and her pro-independence agenda, and clear opposition against China and the “one country, two systems” formula, while the older generation support the one-China principle, closer economic cooperation and other links with the mainland.
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