After more than 1 million people took to the streets of Hong Kong on June 9 to call on the local government to scrap an extradition bill that would allow suspects to be sent to China, Beijing has largely turned a deaf ear, while imposing strict online censorship to prevent Chinese netizens from reading about the news.
Meanwhile, Taiwan has served as an open platform for people to express their views, with the island’s 2020 presidential candidates taking the opportunity to call out Beijing’s continued attacks on sovereignty.
