Hong Kong Protests May Offer Taiwan’s Leader Political Advantage, Analysts Say

Hong Kong Protests May Offer Taiwan’s Leader Political Advantage, Analysts Say
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen attends a ceremony to sign up for Democratic Progressive Party's 2020 presidential candidate nomination in Taipei, Taiwan on March 21, 2019. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
The Associated Press
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BEIJING—Recent anti-government protests in Hong Kong are echoing in Taiwan, possibly giving the island’s President Tsai Ing-wen a lift in her campaign to resist Beijing’s pressure for political unification and win a second term in next year’s elections.
The demonstrations sparked by Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s now-shelved push for an unpopular extradition legislation have turned a glaring spotlight on China’s “one country, two systems” framework for ruling the former British colony, the same formula that Beijing envisages imposing on self-governing Taiwan.