Taipei, July 31, 2026 (AFP) - Taiwan hails late Hong Kong bookseller for 'resistance' against China

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A Hong Kong bookseller who fled to Taiwan in 2019 after being detained by China was hailed for his "resistance and defiance" at a memorial service on Friday. Lam Wing-kee, 70, died in Taipei on July 2 after a battle with cancer. Lam's life was "a story of struggle, resistance and defiance against the Chinese Communist Party," Premier Cho Jung-tai told dozens of people gathered at a Presbyterian church in Taipei. "While a dictatorship can close th......

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