Joshua Wong Arrives in Taiwan to Seek Support|香港反送中如火如荼 黃之鋒訪台尋支持

Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner and the secretary- general of the Demosisto party Joshua Wong came to Taiwan on the morning of Sept. 3 to speak to local media. Wong hopes to mobilize people in Taiwan to support Hong Kong and to push back against the pressure from Beijing. After his arrival, Wong wrote in a Facebook post, saying that there's no need to assume his campaign will lose and instead, the claim should be "today's Taiwan" would become "tomorrow's Hong Kong" in order to show a sense of determination.


A large number of media outlets are waiting at the Taoyuan International Airport for the arrival of Joshua Wong, secretary-general of a local pro-democracy group in Hong Kong, and Eddit Chu, a local legislator, as well as Lester Shum, former deputy secretary-general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students. Their plane arrived at little after 9 a.m. and the trio will stay in Taiwan for two days.

We hope Taiwan has a mechanism in place to help (people in need). We'd like to hear the opinions from legislators of different parties, and we are hoping that they will provide pragmatic help for people in Hong Kong.

Huang outlined the three goals of his trip: to share his view on the status quo in Hong Kong, to express hope for people in Taiwan to continue to pay attention to the protest in Hong Kong and to hold exchanges with different parties in Taiwan in order to listen to their views on the matter. Huang also said he hopes Taiwan will mobilize the local public to show support for Hong Kong.

Both Taiwan and Hong Kong face pressure from Beijing, we have the same fate. Some people in Hong Kong have felt that one country two systems rule does not uphold human rights. We hope people in Taiwan will support Hong Kong.

Recently, a leaked audio recording has emerged which Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said she would quit if she had a choice. Huang responded by saying that Chinese President Xi Jinping has the final say in matters such as whether the extradition bill will be retracted, whether there's police brutality and whether there will be democratic election in Hong Kong. He said he hopes Hong Kong will be like Taiwan one day and become truly democratic. He also said he will continue to mobilize the public to continue the protest in September and October.



一早桃園機場媒體大陣仗等待，香港眾志秘書長黃之鋒和立法會議員朱凱廸、前學聯秘書長岑敖暉一行，3號早上9點多，搭乘長榮航空抵達桃園機場，將進行兩天來台快閃行程。

香港眾志秘書長 黃之鋒表示：「我們也希望台灣有援助救援的機制，也聽聽不同台灣的立委，還有不同政黨的想法跟意見，希望對於香港人有更多的支持，還有實質上的幫助。」

黃之鋒表示，此行來台有三個目的，除了分享香港現況、希望台灣人繼續關注香港抗議活動，接下來也會和不同政黨進行交流，聽聽他們的意見和想法，也希望10月1號以前，台灣進行社會動員支持香港。

香港眾志秘書長 黃之鋒表示：「因為香港和台灣，我們也是同樣是面對北京的壓迫，我們也是命運共同體，當我們現在香港人已經感受到，一國兩制是人權崩潰，我們希望台灣的朋友，可以繼續支持香港。」

傳出香港特首林鄭月娥表示，如果有選擇會辭職下台，黃之鋒則回應，逃犯條例是否撤回、香港警察是否暴力對待，還有香港有沒有民主選舉，這三件事情的關鍵，都在習近平的態度，他希望，今日台灣明日香港，香港有一天可以成為真正自由民主的地方，接下來9月、10月，香港也會號召社會動員持續抗議活動。