The Sunflower and the Umbrella: Hong Kong activists travel to Taiwan, call for closer ties, new policies from incoming government
Hong Kong’s prominent Scholarism and student federation activists greet the historic new government of Taiwan with ideas for co-operation and solidarity
Taiwan and Hong Kong’s nascent political forces born of youth-led mass protests may join hands to soon test whether Tsai Ing-wen’s administration would speak up for Hong Kong, or Taiwanese activists if any was again denied entry to the city, said student leaders of Occupy protests.
Speaking at a press briefing in Taipei attended by current and former student protest leaders from Hong Kong and the mainland, Scholarism and the Hong Kong Federation of Students leaders also called on the new Democratic Progressive Party government to formulate separate policies for Hong Kong instead of seeing it as an extension of mainland affairs.
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One possibility under consideration is to invite leaders of the island’s Sunflower Movement previously denied entry to visit the city, said Joshua Wong Chi-fung of Scholarism.
“We would coordinate with them [on this matter],” he said, adding he would seek to have more collaboration with this new political force in Taiwan.
