Students clash on university campuses in Taiwan over Hong Kong protests
- Four incidents have been reported in the past week, with mainland Chinese students allegedly attacking Hongkongers and locals over Lennon Walls
- President Tsai Ing-wen condemns the violence, saying the island is democratic and ‘not a base for totalitarian power’
Unrest in Hong Kong has spread to university campuses in Taiwan, with reports of mainland Chinese students allegedly attacking Hongkongers and locals over the pro-democracy campaign.
President Tsai Ing-wen condemned the violence on Thursday, calling for an end to the incidents and saying “Taiwan is a democratic country, not a base for totalitarian power”.
The first incident was on Friday last week at I-Shou University in the southern city of Kaohsiung, where a Hong Kong student was allegedly assaulted by a mainland student for posting messages at his dormitory backing the protest movement.
“The notes posted by the Hong Kong student apparently annoyed a mainland Chinese student living in the same dormitory,” the spokesman said.
The mainland student allegedly tried to strangle the Hong Kong student, threw water on him and shouted at him, according to the spokesman.
