Taiwan Celebrates Hong Kong Bookseller Who Crossed China

The opening of a hole-in-the-wall bookstore in Taipei doesn’t usually attract much hullabaloo. Saturday’s reemergence of a Hong Kong bookseller who has for years proved a thorn to China’s rulers in Beijing was a different story.

Lam Wing-kee’s first day of business was greeted with a basket of flowers from Taiwan’s president, squads of police officers and a scrum of reporters.

Watch those China babies bitch, cry and burn lol

Fight against tyranny AntiChinazi

Wish you all the best in Taiwan, enjoying the sweetest freedom

Thank you Taiwan

Thank you so much Taiwan for supporting hongkongers’ fight for freedom. Let’s back each other up and fight for justice.

Taiwan is the only place allowing freedom of speech because it has an entirely different political regime. And HK is losing it’s important procedural justice we used to have, like the separation of power. The rule of law is dead. Hkgers hope to be free from the oppression of CN.

He is a good actor.

Thank you Taiwan!

Thank you Taiwan, and salute to Mr. Lam for his persistence

Dear Taiwan, please keep Mr Lam safe!! Salute to all brave Hongkongers !! TaiwanCanHelpAndTaiwanisHelping StandWithHongKong

Hongkonger is still fighting! Brave and admirable man! Salute to Mr Lam! HongKongProtest is not happening in Hongkong, but around the world! StandWithHongKong

Good luck Mr Lam! StandWithHongKong

Mr Lam is a brave Hongkonger stand up against the CCP Chinazi Totalitarianism !! I believe he is continue to fight for truth and justice in Taiwan HongKongProtests are not stopping, we are resisting and fighting!

Thx Taiwan! (And all books sold out at the opening!)

Thank you Taiwan!💛🙏😭 SOSHK FightForFreedom StandWithHongKong

How ironic that a Hong Kong bookstore cannot re-open in Hong Kong.

World, let's stand behind the brave HongKongProtesters fighting against the tyranny for freedom, justice and democracy. Fight for freedom, StandWithHongKong! MagnitskyAct HKHRDA

Taiwan is a biggest support of Hong Kong protester.TaiwanIsHelping

Taiwan is the BEST👍place to demonstrate how democracy, freedom, justice, CivilRights, UniversalSuffrage execute in a Chinese-raced society Thank you Taiwan for giving refuge to HKers & especially HKProtesters! TaiwanIsNotChina Taiwanhelps BoycottChina AntiCCP

謝謝台灣 5DemandsNot1Less StandWithHongKong

Thank you, Taiwan 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇼 is the only one Chinese speaking country, which has freedom, democracy and open-mind country 👍🏻 TaiwanIsHelping StandWithHongKong BoycottChina

Thank you Taiwan supporting Hong Kong a lot.

Thank you Taiwan who could let Hongkongers embrace freedom in your state.

Stand with Hong Kong, fight for freedom and against disease, hope Hong Kong doctors and people safe,never give up and add oil 💪💪💪

Stand with Lam

FREEDOM IS NOT FREE - dictated by Kuomintang, Taiwan was suspended w/ democracy & filled by white terror till 1987. It's the persistent independence activism & US pressure that forced the tyranny to return its power to the people. Stand w/ HK & Lam Wing-kee to FightForFreedom!

It is not easily for Lam after he kidnap by China Government. China Government always use these dirty works to bully peoples who are support freedom of speech. We hope the world also follow Gui MinHai case FreeGuiMinHai

Can't you believe that you can't even sell books in HK? Tried so hard to attract overseas talents but this is the same govt 'expel' scholar and talent. Shameful and ludicrous

Thank you Taiwan. In china where there is no freedom of speech, opening a bookstore is indeed a revolt. And that’s how they can shut it down with national security law.

But china they can arrange spy catch who they don’t like in the world, like Sweden citizen guiwenhau

You can easily tell which government is supporting freedom and democracy, while the other one stubbornly continue their totalitarian ruling. CCPLiedPeopleDied CCP_is_terrorist CCPVirus

Rule of law is dead in Hong Kong. Murderers are praised as honourable as long as they’re supporters of CCP. Time to FreeHongKong.

Congrats Mr Lam 💐

Thank you Taiwan for helping HongKongProtesters

Thank you Taiwan! This is how a democratic country could protect civilian assets. TaiwanCanHelp

Congrats to Mr Lam. Hope that someday he can open his store in Hong Kong again

I'm just laughing and laughing when saw such news, someone always so innocent thinking that reported such thing will easily break my country.Well, I can fully understand your lack of knowledge, China can accept all kinds of freedom of speech,but will never allow National Division

Thank you Taiwan stand with HongKong 感謝台灣

These books aren't allowed to sell in China, and China gov doesn't like this book seller to sell prohibited books and they kidnapped the bookseller. Now he can speak freely. TaiwanCanHelp TaiwanIsNotChina

HK is no longer safe. For Lam, who was once persecuted by the CCP, he felt more deeply😔 Taiwan became the last bastion of HK’s democratic supporters. Mr. Lin can finally settle down. Thank you very much friends from Taiwan🙏

The opening of the bookstore somehow symbolized the freedom of speech, which it is suspended in CCP

Thank you Taiwan for support Mr. Lam! StandWithHongKong

why can't hongkongers open a bookstore in hongkong but have to move to taiwan? how ridiculous? antichinazi boycottchina

Lam had been kidnapped by CCP China 中国 in 2016 becoz of selling banned books. Yet he still withstands China - I respect him from my heart. HK 香港

Glad to hear that Mr Lam can still find freedom of press in Taiwan after chinazi found him threatening by publishing books that 'impose threats to political power'. standwithhongkong 5DemandsNot1Less

Taiwan has been the hope for Hong Kong Gave CWB bookstore a chance to survive & for all people to practice freedom of expressing Thank you😭 for StandWithHongKong FightForFreedom together!

当我跳下运输机那一刻，我希望台湾人民不是拿起键盘上战场的。黄智贤也救不了台湾了，救不了这些忘祖的残渣，现如今台湾后代无颜面对孙中山先生，无颜面对蒋公。武统台湾！！！武统台湾！！！同胞无事！台独必死！！！！

It near the exit of MRT Station and I will go to visit it 👍🏼

Congratulations to Mr Lam having successfully found a free place to operate his bookstore!

Well done & thank you Taiwan, the last free Chinese speaking country in the world Hong Kong has sadly fallen, HongKongers sincerely hope Taiwan will not be CCP’s next victim

Let us stand together to fight CCPChina CCP_is_terrorist AntiChinazi StandWithHongKong HKPoliceState

Thank you Taiwan. Let’s fight together. CCP_is_terrorist StandWithHongKong FightForFreedom FreeHongKong 5DemandsNot1Less MilkTeaAlliance

Thank you Taiwan for StandWithHongKong and protecting HKers 🙏🏻

Cannot wait to buy books there!

Selling books in China is a crime. That’s Chinazi style.

Heartfelt thanks to Taiwanese who queued and supported this bookseller by clearing the shelves. (source: Facebook)

Thank you Taiwan and President Tsai!

See, how ridiculous HongKong is ? Shame on HKGov

My applause to Mr Lam to help saving Hong Kong culture and help spreading the truth of CCP outside the world. Hope this can become another tourist attraction to spread more impact StandWithHongKong

We are so grateful for Taiwan’s support. Lam was kidnapped by China just because of hawking a book which “crossed the red line”. Freedom of speech and publishing should be respected. Kidnapping a bookseller must not be tolerated in any circumstances.

bookstore helps spread hongkong message to the world! fight on! StandWithHongKong

Thanks Taiwanese. Hong Kong and Taiwan are both not China

Taiwan police, good job.

Thank you Taiwan for standing with HongKong. Thank you Lam Wing Kei for saying “NO. Enough.” to CCP’s threats!

Thank you Taiwan. The MilkTeaAlliance shall stand together to withstand the pressure from China.

to whomever thinks this is brave, it is equivalent to some nobody advocating returning Alaska to Russia. Everyone can have his own belief, but this is a pure betrayal to the country and ppl. You can have problems with the gov, but do not make mistakes with the sovereignty.

Thank you Taiwan! So glad to see Lam is safe now. Wish one day, he and his bookstore can come back Hong Kong, with no political suppression, with absolute freedom of press and freedom of speech, with glory of Hong Kong.

StandWithHongKong FightForFreedom AntiChinazi

But still pro-China theaten Lam Wing-kee in Taiwan, China Communist Party can't let any ppl having freedom.

Thank you Taiwan for standing with Human rights and freedom of speech. These books aren't allowed to sell in China, and China gov doesn't like this book seller to sell prohibited books and they kidnapped the bookseller. Now he can speak freely. TaiwanCanHelp TaiwanisnotChina

Thank you Taiwan! It country can say the true. Different from CCP! FreeHongKong RevolutionNow

Lam is an admirable man who dares to speak up against CCP. Wish him best of luck as he starts a new life in Taiwan. Hope his experience will inspire more people to defend freedom & democracy in our own home. BoycottChina

Thank you Taiwan! It country can say the true. Different from CCP!

Hope_LiesIn_Ppl being the owner of a bookshop can also make him a thorn in China's eyes. yes, the totalitarian china is that paranoid. AntiChinazi

He is really brave. In an authoritarian regime, even telling truth is a crime.

Taiwan is the fortress of democracy and freedom in the Chinese speaking world TaiwanCanHelp TaiwanIsHelping ThisAttackComesFromTaiwan

FreeHongKong democracy now

Thank you Taiwan for providing an opportunity for him to reopen the shop. His experiences of kidnapping and imprisonment prove that HongKong doesn't have freedom of press and freedom of speech.

CCP is a threat

Much respect to a very brave citizen. That's almost as brave as saying something bad about the Clintons!

Propaganda Machine and FAKENEWS: CNN, WSJ, BBC, RETUER......

In the end, freedom will win. FuckChina

We respect Taiwan & Mr.Lam. Please keep FightForFreedom Tell the world how dirty CCPChina are

China must annex Taiwan. It belongs to China. Taiwan must not exist as an Independent Country. China must also liberate South Tibet and Sikkim from India.

台湾香港本来就是中国的领土，是不可分割的一部分，光复个屁！！！

Thank you 🇹🇼

China clampdown can outstretched to every inch of earth. Let's not forget Gui Minhai, a former partner of Lam running the bookstore, is in jail in China. Apparently, CCPChina could 'restored' Gui's chinese citizenship to ease the prosecution.

And you can see responses of CCPChina netizens from twits in Chinese, which are threatening for military attack Taiwan. Don't think it's not showing what CCP intends too. Obviously CCP and its people are hostile against the free world and won't stop until they're defended.

Thank you Taiwan. StandWithHongKong 5DemandsNot1Less

Because of evil CCP, HK has no longer freedom of speech. All CCP does for HK is restricting HKers freedom and human rights.

The symbol significance goes without saying. People who share the same ideology and value system will stand against totalitarianism firmly together! Democracy

Stay strong with Taiwan district of China.

Thank you Taiwan

What drives a man stay far away home to start a new life in Taiwan? Mr. Lam may not be able to back HK anymore... Hope Taiwan can give him freedom and stay safe. God bless Mr. Lam and Causeway Bay Bookstore🙏🏻 FightForFreedomStandWithHongKong CCP_is_terrorist

It's no longer safe to publish books and express opinions against the government in HongKong. It's obviously the end onecountrytwosystems Time for everyone to DivestHongKong

While being grateful for Mr. Lam’s good news from Taiwan, we must not forget that the Communist China is still carrying out political suppression within or without China. The world must learn from the coronavirus pandemic & work to stop the autocracy’s crimes against humanity.

As a HongKongers, I feel sad to read this news. Selling books that criticise the CCP has become a crime in my city. That’s why Lam has to reopened his bookstore in Taiwan. Freedom is not free, that’s why have been protesting for almost 11 months. China_is_terrorist

CCP is already exercising “One Country ONE System” by forcing HK official to interpret HK laws maliciously, 3 times in 2 days. It is already controlling internal affairs of the HKSAR, high independence no more. StandWithHongKong MilkTeaAlliance ชานมข้นกว่าเลือด

Thank you Taiwan.

We HKers are so grateful for Taiwan’s help. So glad to see Mr. Lam turns a new leaf in Taiwan. Freedom of publishing should always be respected and kidnapping a bookseller is never a solution!

Ideas are bulletproof ! FightForFreedom StandWithHongKong 5DemandsNot1Less chinazi

The name of bookstore is Causeway Bay, a well known place in Central of Hong Kong. A small bookstore named by the symbol of Hong Kong cannot even exist in Hong Kong. How ironic?

It is our responsibility to preserve history and exercise freedom of speech, especially when under oppression. Thank you Taiwan! HongKong

Sad that he must stay in Taiwan, stay away from evil CCP China

What's the fucking wrong with those idiots? Fooled by CIA without knowledge

If China send military to Taiwan, the result will be terrible! The weak US could only watch the scene through the screen.

Hong Kong people fight for freedom. 2020universalsuffrage 5DemandsNot1Less 🤚🏻👆🏻 Taiwan

Thank you Taiwan for protecting Mr. Lam and supporting Hong Kong! StandWithHongKong BoycottChina

Taiwa number 1. HK cockroaches number 2

Support Lam Wing-kee freedomisnotfree FightForFreedom

Thank you Taiwan for StandWithHongKong and upholding democracy. Beware of CCP spies and WuMao. They are somehow willing to invest a lot to take that small bookstore down. ChinaIsAsshoe China_is_terrorist

GaryLok4 Once we don’t understand why he leaves Hong Kong. Yet, today the open of the store marks his persistence against the suppression from CCP. Thank you Lam, and all Taiwanese helped along!

CCP government should feel ashamed that she even cannot tolerate a Bookshop. CCP uses suppression on the Causeway Bay Bookshop and attacks the freedom of speech and press. Shame.

Really hope that a new Causeway Bookstore can be opened in Hong Kong someday

Wish all the best to Taiwan and Mr. Lam.

It's a touching scene to see Lam Wing-Kee is able to have his book shop located in Taiwan now. He truly deserves it, where HK/China give him torment & nightmare. We hope Lam Wing-Kee enjoy the freedom in Taiwan & no more political persecution from CCP🙏🏻

WSJ = Junk Journalism

Taiwan is the country of democracy, autonomy and rule of law, whereas Hong Kong is totally opposite. I hope HK can be a democratic city. FightForFreedom StandWithHongKong

Chi la dogs and puppet bitch Carrie Lam are very angry now 🤣🤣🤣

China has played you like a fiddle

HongKong is a part of China.

LOL

We Taiwanese are very proud of the reopening of his 'Causeway Bay Bookshop' in Taiwan. We also hope it could return to its origin - Hong Kong's Causeway Bay. All the best wishes to Mr. Lam Wing-kee. GloryToHK

He is just a puppet controlled by America. And anti-China medias like you are the same with this puppet.

Especially book stores about democracy, how to run the economy and free speech, that will sure piss the chinese off.

China could learn a lot from Taiwan. It is a well run economically developed, clean democracy.

shame

Rage against the machine!!!

Beautiful, can you teach me?

Круто!

knowledge is the biggest threat to a corrupt government. stay knowledgeable.

Lol. Literally no one in China gives a fuck of him. 99.9999999% of Chinese don’t even know who he is. WSJ is running out of click bait stories. Pathetic! No wonder trump calls y’all fake news. Get a life and report real news!

Good Stick it to the China Man ( China's autocracy )

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