Chinese pro-democracy activists who traveled to Taiwan to observe its presidential election say the reelection of independence-leaning President Tsai Ing-wen is a cause for hope despite Beijing's quashing of dissent.
Teng Biao, a Chinese legal scholar and human rights activist who now lives in the U.S, speaks during a forum in Taipei, Taiwan on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. Chinese pro-democracy activists who traveled to Taiwan to observe its presidential election said Sunday that the re-election of independence-leaning President Tsai Ing-wen gave them cause for hope despite Beijing's quashing of dissent on the mainland.
At a time when the government of Chinese leader Xi Jinping has tightened surveillance and controls to the extent that dissent appears to be utterly wiped out, underground groups and protests persist, the dissidents said. Shao Jiang, a former student leader in the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement that ended with a violent military crackdown that killed hundreds, possibly thousands, of demonstrators, said the strong backing for Tsai, who has adopted a tough stance toward Beijing, shows great confidence by the Taiwanese in their democracy.
A year ago, Xi renewed overtures for Taiwan to accept that model for joining with Beijing. Just months later, the Hong Kong protests broke out, undermining support for such a strategy.
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