HONG KONG, April 25 ― A Hong Kong publisher previously detained by Chinese authorities reopened his bookstore in Taiwan today, defying what he called attempts linked to Beijing to intimidate him. The opening of Lam Wing-kee's Causeway Bay Books came a year after he fled to the island when the...
Hong Kong book seller Lam Wing-kee poses for a photo at the Tonsan book store in Taipei April 26, 2019. — AFP pic
The 64-year-old was one of five booksellers from Causeway Bay Books publishing salacious titles about China's leaders who vanished and then resurfaced in custody on the mainland in 2015. On Tuesday, a man pelted red paint at Lam while he was at a cafe, just a day after he received a letter threatening legal action from a person who claimed to have already trademarked the bookstore's name.
Banners reading “Taiwan independence” and “Free Hong Kong, revolution now” decorated the wall of the small shop, which focuses on political titles and was opened with the help of a hugely successful crowd-funding campaign.
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