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A Taiwan theatre is showcasing a Hong Kong play about Tiananmen Square to mark the 34th anniversary of the crackdown in Beijing, saying almost as much about shrinking freedoms in the former British colony as it does about the 1989 bloodshed.

Taiwan's Shinehouse theatre group, with the support of rights group Amnesty International, is putting on six performances of "35th of May" in Taipei from June 2-4.

As the 34th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches on Sunday, many in Hong Kong are trying to mark the day in private ways in the shadow of a law that prosecuted leading activists in the city's pro-democracy movement.

The “one country, two systems” framework in Hong Kong exists in name only, Hong Kong Outlanders secretary-general Sky Fung (馮詔天) said yesterday. Fung’s remarks came as Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) arrived in the territory to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its handover to China from Britain. Xi is slated to attend the inaugural ceremony of the sixth term of Hong Kong’s government during his visit. Fung said that Beijing is creating the illusion that Hong Kongers have ...

REMEMBER WHEN: A Tainan exhibition uses ‘time travel houses’ to show what life in Hong Kong used to be like, juxtaposed against data about losses of freedomsBy Chen Yu-fu, Tsai Wen-chu and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporters, with staff writer

The United States celebrated the release of Taiwanese democracy activist Lee Ming-che after five years of detainment in a Peoples Republic of China prison for human rights advocacy.

Taipei, April 14 (CNA) Taiwanese pro-democracy activist Lee Ming-che (李明哲) was expected to be released from prison in China Thursday after serving a five-year sentence for "subversion of state power" and return to Taiwan Friday, a source said Thursday.

Taiwanese democracy advocate Lee Ming-che (李明哲) is expected to return to Taiwan today after being released from prison in China yesterday, a source involved in the case has said. After serving a five-year sentence for “subversion of state power,” Lee was to travel to Xiamen in China’s Fujian Province to fly back to Taiwan after being discharged from Chishan Prison in Hunan Province, the source said, without providing the time of his release yesterday. A flight schedule at Gaoqi Inter...

TAO says it is making arrangements for Lee's return to Taiwan in the 'near future' | 2022-04-13 13:40:00