A Chinese dissident in transit at a Taiwan airport pleads for help in seeking asylum

Published September 22, 2023 6:08 AM

By HUIZHONG WU and JOHNSON LAI
Associated Press

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Chinese dissident known for regularly commemorating the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square has fled to Taiwan and is pleading for help in seeking asylum in the United States or Canada. In a video he shot and posted on social media, Chen Siming said Friday he was in the transit area at Taoyuan International Airport. It is unclear how Chen was able to travel to Taiwan, the self-governing island that is claimed by China. In May, authorities in China’s southern Hunan province detained Chen after he made a posting on social media commemorating the June 4 Tiananmen crackdown.

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