China's Hong Kong Security Law Sends Chills Through Taiwan

A woman in Taipei walks past a billboard promoting democracy for Hong Kong (AFP Photo/Sam Yeh)

AFP: 'We're next': Hong Kong security law sends chills through Taiwan

The imposition of a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong has sent chills through Taiwan, deepening fears that Beijing will focus next on seizing the democratic self-ruled island.

China and Taiwan split in 1949 after nationalist forces lost a civil war to Mao Zedong's communists, fleeing to the island which Beijing has since vowed to seize one day, by force if necessary.

"The law makes me dislike China even more," 18-year-old student Sylvia Chang told AFP, walking through National Taiwan University in Taipei.

"They had promised 50 years unchanged for Hong Kong but they are getting all the more heavy-handed... I am worried Hong Kong today could be Taiwan tomorrow."

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WNU Editor: The people in Taiwan now know that China's promise to them that they could have the "One Country, Two Systems" model that governs Hong Kong is not a promise that they will keep.

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