Hong Kong's Pro-Democracy Movement

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Date: 2019/10/03
By: Milo HsiehCampus assault on Hong Kong students is becoming a pattern in Taiwan.

A Hong Kong student was physically assaulted by a Chinese student studying at I-shou University (義守大學) in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on September 13. Yet another fight broke out a week later between Hong Kong and Chinese students at a Taipei university due to clashes over a “Lennon Wall” in support of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.

At I-shou University, a Chinese student attempted to choke a Hong Kong student for setting up a small Lennon Wall on the door of his dorm room. In the more recent assault in Taipei, a Hong Kong student was injured and sought out medical attention on his own, according to Liberty Times.

These attacks on Hong Kong students, who were peacefully voicing their opinions through harmless acts like putting up post-it notes, are meant to silence pro-democracy support for Hong Kong. The violent and coercive responses from the Chinese students and visitors are clearly motivated by political reasons rather than simply having differing opinions.

Taiwan Solidarity Union urges the government to arrest the Chinese students who have vandalized Lennon Walls and assaulted Hong Kong students on college campuses, September 27, 2019.
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