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.