A legal proposal by 18 DPP legislators would raise the number of years required for Hongkongers to obtain permanent residency in Taiwan to six years...
Reports indicate that the government is once again considering raising the barriers for individuals from Hong Kong and Macau to permanently reside in Taiwan. This would take the form of lengthening the amount of time for them to qualify for permanent residency in Taiwan, as well as removing the path to citizenship...
The deterioration of what is left of electoral democracy continues in Hong Kong, with plans by the Hong Kong government to decrease the number of directly elected district councilor seats from over 90% to around 20%. Despite this, the Mainland Affairs Council may move forward with plans to increase the barriers for Hongkongers seeking to obtain permanent residency in Taiwan...
The largest national security trial to date in Hong Kong started on Monday, with 47 defendants standing trial over charges of “conspiracy to commit subversion", with the act of subversion being directed at the state. The trial is over the defendants’ participation in or involvement in organizing primaries for pro-democracy candidates in Hong Kong LegCo elections...
Lam Wing-kee, the only one of the Hong Kong Causeway Bay booksellers to remain free, applied for permanent residency in Taiwan last month. This application is on the basis of being a professional in arts and culture...
Five members of a speech therapists’ union were sentenced t in Hong Kong earlier this month on sedition charges over a series of children’s books. The charges used by police date back to British colonial times and the five have been sentenced to nineteen months in prison...
The saga of the Apple Daily Taiwan has taken a strange turn, with the announcement by Singaporean entrepreneur Joseph Phua that 96% of the current Apple Daily Taiwan staff will move with him to a new publication called Next Apple News (壹蘋新聞網). The announcement was posted on the existing Apple Daily Taiwan website, along with a statement that the website would cease publication on August 31st, with the new website for Next Apple News launching today on September 1st...
Seven Hongkongers that attempted to flee to Taiwan were sentenced to between seven and ten months of imprisonment earlier this week, for an escape attempt that took place in August 2020. On the same day, four Hongkongers were arrested for an attempt to flee to Taiwan...
Reports from Hong Kong’s Ming Pao and local media outlets suggest that the Apple Daily Taiwan has a buyer. This is reported as being Hong Kong businessman Kenny Wee and Singaporean 17LIVE co-founder Joseph Phua...
