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

A Chinese dissident known for posting pictures on social media commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown says he had fled to Taiwan and pleaded for help seeking asylum in the United States or Canada

said Friday he had fled to Taiwan and pleaded for help seeking asylum in the United States or Canada.

“In order to hide from China’s political persecution, I have now arrived in Taiwan,” Cheng said in the video, which was posted about 7 a.m. He added that he hopes to get asylum in the U.S. or Canada.In an interview with Taiwan broadcaster TBVS, Chen said he took the opportunity to transit in Taiwan because it’s a “democratic and free country” and that it was safer than going through Thailand or Laos.

In May, authorities in China’s southern Hunan province detained Cheng after he tweeted a post commemorating the June 4 crackdown on pro-democracy students at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989.

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