'We're next': Hong Kong security law sends chills through TaiwanA woman in Taipei walks past a billboard promoting democracy for Hong Kong. TAIPEI: The imposition of a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong has sent chills through Taiwan, deepening fears that Beijing will focus next on seizing the democratic self-ruled island. "They had promised 50 years unchanged for Hong Kong but they are getting all the more heavy-handed... As well as allowing China's security apparatus to set up shop openly in Hong Kong for the first time, Beijing's security law claims universal jurisdiction. Hong Kong police have made clear that support for Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet or Xinjiang independence is now illegal.

Source: Bangkok Post July 07, 2020 03:11 UTC