Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/06/10
By: Wang Cheng-chung, Chang Ming-hsuan,
Liang Pei-chi, Yeh Tze-kung, Wang Hung-guo,
Wang Shwu-fen and Chung Yu-chen
Taipei, June 10 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and former Premier Lai Ching-te
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文)
(賴清德) showed support on Monday for a massive protest in Hong Kong a day earlier and used the opportunity to once again bash the "one country, two systems" formula China uses to govern Hong Kong.
Hong Kongers were protesting a controversial extradition bill that would allow people in the former British territory to be sent to China to face trial, something they fear because of their lack of trust in China's judiciary system.
They also worry the bill will only further strengthen Beijing's growing influence in Hong Kong, even though the city was supposed to retain its own legal and political systems for 50 years under the "one country, two systems" framework after it returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
Speaking at a groundbreaking ceremony at Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Tsai of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) backed the demonstrations in Hong Kong, and stressed that freedom, democracy, and human rights should be safeguarded as they are as essential as air. [FULL STORY]