The unrest in Hong Kong this week has only fanned those suspicions. With China keen to ensure Tsai is defeated in January, the renewed political crisis in Hong Kong is bad timing. It was the murder of a Hong Kong woman at the hands of her boyfriend while they were on holiday in Taiwan last year that promoted Hong Kong authorities to call for an extradition law. Taiwanese rights and student groups are planning to stage rallies over the weekend to support the Hong Kong protests. "Today's Hong Kong is also today's Taiwan," he told a crowd protesting outside Hong Kong's trade office in Taipei this week.

Source: Philippine Star June 15, 2019 02:48 UTC