
Illustration: Craig Stephens
Opinion
Opinion
Ian Inkster and Hsin Hsin Victoria Chang
Hong Kong’s hopes and fears are not Taiwan’s – and its protests are a distraction for Taiwanese voters
- Owing to Hong Kong’s colonial history and role in global affairs, the city’s relationship with Beijing is vastly different from the equally complex cross-strait relations
- Extrapolating from events in Hong Kong to forecast Taiwan’s future is a mistake, and a setback for Taiwanese democracy
Updated: 9:39am, 13 Dec, 2019

Illustration: Craig Stephens
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Ian Inkster, PhD, is professorial research associate at the Centre of Taiwan Studies, SOAS, University of London, and a senior fellow at the Taiwan Studies Programme, China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham.
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Hsin Hsin Victoria Chang is in the graduate school in international social and public policy, London School of Economics.