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“Defending Democracy: Hong Kong under Chinese Influence and Taiwan’s Countermeasures” Panel DiscussionPrint
Date: 2018-11-21
The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD) held a panel discussion on November 21st in Taipei between scholars and democratic activists from Taiwan and Hong Kong. Titled “Defending Democracy: Hong Kong under Chinese Influence and Taiwan’s Countermeasures,” the discussion was about how Hong Kong’s democracy and society have changed under China’s influence and how Taiwan can learn from the Hong Kong experience in order to counter such influence.
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1. Hong Kong social activist and former lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung |
2. Hong Kong Alliance for True Democracy convener Joseph Cheng |
3. Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and former lawmaker Nathan Law |
4. Academia Sinica Institute of Taiwan History associate research fellow Wu Ruei-ren |
5. National Cheng Kung University political science professor Leung Man-to |
6. New School for Democracy board member Tseng Chien-yuan |
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7. TFD President Ford Fu-Te Liao (middle), the moderator of the discussion, and the speakers |
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