Metro News
Date: August 19, 2019
By: Metro Reporter

CHINA lashed out at Taiwan after its president offered asylum to Hong Kong protesters.

Tsai Ing-wen made the offer to pro-democracy protesters last month but it is unclear if any requests have been received as the country does not have a formal asylum procedure.

Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for the Chinese cabinet’s Taiwan affairs office, said the offer would ‘cover up the crimes of a small group of violent militants’ and encourage their ‘audacity’ and turn Taiwan into a ‘heaven for ducking the law’.    [FULL  STORY]