Taiwan criticized China's decision to prosecute the well-known Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong, describing the charges against him as "political persecution." Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs publicly expressed its repudiation of what it classified as an attempt to silence dissenting voices.
Joshua Wong pleaded guilty to conspiracy for having asked foreign countries to impose sanctions on Hong Kong and China. This confession comes in the context of a series of legal proceedings brought by Beijing authorities against prominent figures of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement.
Taiwanese authorities consider Wong's trial to represent a violation of fundamental human rights and an attack on freedom of expression. Taiwan frequently positions itself as a defender of democratic values against the Chinese government, with which it has had no formal relations since 2016.
