A Hong Kong bookseller has recreated his shop in Taipei, and it has become a symbol of Taiwan’s vibrant democracy.
The New York Times
Date: Aug. 9, 2020
By: Javier C. Hernández and Amy Chang Chien
Lam Wing-kee, the owner and manager of Causeway Bay Books, in Taipei, Taiwan, last month. He fled Hong Kong last year. Credit…An Rong Xu for The New York Times
Ms. Ju, a 26-year-old lawyer, is concerned by China’s increasingly authoritarian policies, including harsh new security laws in Hong Kong. She went to Causeway Bay Books, an irreverent shop stocked with volumes critical of the Chinese Communist Party, to show her support for democracy in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
“We have to fight to protect our freedom and our future,” Ms. Ju said.
Causeway Bay Books, which occupies a cramped room on the 10th floor of a drab office building, has in recent weeks become a gathering place for people worried about the future of Taiwan, a self-ruling democracy that China claims as its own. As China’s leaders lead a sweeping crackdown on free speech and activism in Hong Kong, fears are growing that Beijing may move to more aggressively bring Taiwan, too, under its control.
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