Hong Kong's Pro-Democracy Movement

The News Lens
Date: 2019/09/23
By: Reporter/Photographer: Sophie Wei
Translator: Ying-jen Lin

A post-90s girl immigrating by investment, a post-80s “Taiwanese daughter-in-law,” and a post-70s father choosing to immigrate for the sake of his three children’s education — three Hongkongers of different generations have each gone through a destroy-and-reconstruct period to acclimatize to their new life and environment in Taiwan.

How did they overcome the challenges that came with immigration? What advice would they give to Hongkongers who are considering emigration as a result of the ongoing anti-extradition bill protests?

“My business closed down within two years, and I lost money.”

“You can’t romanticize about other countries with your own imagination. The more you romanticize, the more difficult it would be for you. That’s how I became a misanthrope in the first two years…,” said Selina, who has immigrated to Taiwan four years ago.    [FULL  STORY]