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1.媒體來源:

華盛頓郵報

2.記者署名:

Lily Guo - Wapo 中國分部總編 / Alicia Chen

3.完整新聞標題:

Taiwan offered hope after they fled Hong Kong. Now, they’re leaving again -
People from Hong Kong see their long-term residency applications rejected by
Taiwan over ties to China — the place they escaped

被指和中國有聯繫 難申請簽證
逃難夢碎 香港人離台再度漂泊

4.完整新聞內文:

中文為小弟手工翻譯。

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The day after his bookshop officially closed, Carver Law
sat in the small store methodically packing books into boxes. The half-empty
shelves still held a collection of essays by Hong Kong pop singer and
activist Denise Ho, an account of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, and
books on the nature of dictatorships and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.



The 51-year-old paused to say goodbye to the last few customers who had come
to wish him well. Two years before, Law had fled the expanding repression in
Hong Kong for the promised safety of Taiwan and opened a bookstore in the
heart of Taipei. It was meant to be a space for Hong Kongers and Taiwanese to
exchange ideas and learn from one another. Now, he was leaving again.



“It’s a shame. I wanted to put down roots and was starting to feel like I
was building something here,” he said. “Now it’s gone.”

「這真的很可惜。我本來希望在台灣落地生根，可以在這邊開創未來，但這已成過去。」
Law說。

Law had fulfilled the requirements for permanent residency but his
application had been pending for months. Uncertain if it would ever come
through, he and his wife decided to move to Britain, where their applications
for British national overseas status were approved after just five days.



Law is part of a growing group of Hong Kongers who had once hoped to resettle
in Taiwan, where officials tout their support for those fleeing Beijing’s
tightening grip over the territory. Instead, the exiles have discovered the
limits of their welcome here as authorities, worried about overly provoking
Beijing or exposing Taiwan to mainland infiltration, have stopped short of
giving Hong Kongers permanent residency.

Law的情況並非個別例子。台灣的官員曾大力表示支持有意逃離中國壓迫的香港人，當中有
不少受到鼓舞並希望在台灣展開新生活。但到現在，這些流亡者卻意識到，比起支持他
們，台灣似乎更關注防堵來自中國的滲透，亦不希望過度激怒北京，使這些香港人難以取
後永久居留的身份。

After escaping Beijing’s oppression in their home city, Hong Kongers
paradoxically find themselves under suspicion in their new home for possible
links to China. They have become victims of the increasingly urgent debate on
this independently governed island over the threat from China, which sees
Taiwan as a province.



In May, a plan to allow those from Hong Kong and Macao, another Chinese
territory, to obtain permanent residency after five years in Taiwan on work
permits was delayed when some lawmakers argued it would open the door to
influence campaigns and agents of the Chinese Communist Party trying to
undermine Taiwan’s democratic system.



“The argument is that Hong Kong is now China-controlled, so if you allow
these people to come in, they will be Chinese people,” said Huang Cheng-Yi,
a research professor at Academia Sinica. “If Hong Kong people equal Chinese
citizens, then why do we want to let them come in?”



“Fear of China has increased,” Huang said, citing Xi’s increasingly
ideological turn as he prepares to take on a precedent-breaking third-term as
China’s leader, as well as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which some worry
could be a model for a Chinese takeover of Taiwan. “So the fear in the mind
of Taiwanese people became very strong,” he said.



As Beijing tightened its control over Hong Kong in the aftermath of mass
protests in 2019, Taiwan emerged as a refuge for fleeing activists and
supporters of the pro-democracy movement. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen
pledged to “stand with Hong Kong” and assist those persecuted under a
sweeping national security law imposed in 2020. The protests formed a key
part of her reelection campaign that year.

因為北京對2019年反修例運動的打壓，在蔡英文總統「撐香港」的呼聲，及支援受
「港區國安法」影響的港人之承諾之下，台灣成了香港民主運動參與者及支持者的避難
所。而香港的民主運動，亦成為了蔡英文為爭取連任的競選主軸之一。

More than 27,000 Hong Kongers — including entrepreneurs, professionals and
students, as well as activists — came to Taiwan on temporary visas between
2019 and 2021, according to government figures. A special office was set up
to coordinate a humanitarian response, while authorities personally oversaw
sensitive cases. A group of Hong Kong escapees who arrived by boat lived in
government housing, where they were provided clothing, television, cigarettes
and English tutors.

據台灣當局統計，在2019至2021年間，有二萬七千多名港人，以短期居留的身份前往台


But Hong Kongers say the welcome does not appear to be indefinite. Many who
have applied for permanent residency have seen their applications denied on
the basis of their connections to mainland China, or just left hanging.

不過，對香港人而言，他們感到台灣對他們的歡迎並非無限量提供。有不少香港人的永久
居留申請，因申請人被指和中國有關被拒，又或是有關申請延宕無期。

Eight Hong Kongers living in Taiwan, including Law, described to The
Washington Post why they had recently left the island or were planning to
move to countries such as Britain and Australia where starting a new life
would be easier. Others said they had no choice but to return to Hong Kong.



Ceci, a recent college graduate, fled Hong Kong after seeing her friends
arrested one after another under the new security law. In Taiwan, she had to
renew her “special case” visa, given to individuals involved in the 2019
protests, every month. Ceci — who, like others, asked to be identified only
by her first name for fear of repercussions — constantly worried that her
status would be affected by cross-strait tensions, or by Taiwan’s next
elections if a party less committed to helping Hong Kongers came to power.



Late last year, she quietly left her new home of Taipei for London. Ceci and
her friends took selfies at the nearly deserted international airport. Having
already said goodbye to so many friends over the last few years, they were
not emotional.

因此，去年年底，Ceci離開了台灣前往英國倫敦。Ceci和朋友在離開前在空無一人的機場
拍照留念，但經過近年和無數人道別的場面後，她們已經對這些儀式無感。

“This place does not give me a sense of security. I feel like at any time I
may have to leave everything behind again,” she said.

她指出：「這地方(台灣)不能令我感到安心。我一直有需要隨時再次丟下一切離開的預
感。」

Sympathy for Hong Kong is high in Taiwan, where resistance to the idea of
unification with China under a similar “one country, two systems” model has
grown as residents observe the increasingly authoritarian bent of China’s
top leaders. In March, a documentary about the 2019 demonstrations, “
Revolution of Our Times,” broke box office records in Taiwan, with
politicians and groups hosting private screenings.



But that sympathy is tempered by anxieties about large-scale immigration to
Taiwan, home to 24 million people competing for limited jobs and housing, as
well as by pockets of long-standing prejudice against migrants from mainland
China.

但這些支持並不足以打破對香港人大規模移台的恐懼。恐懼除了來自就業和房屋的競爭
外，亦有部份台灣居民長久而來對中國移民帶有偏見。

Observers say the government has made a political calculation that the silent
majority of Taiwanese do not want to see large inflows from Hong Kong. For
some, it is an uncomfortable reminder of the arrival of about 2 million
refugees fleeing China after the Nationalist government’s defeat by the
Chinese Communist Party in 1949, which irrevocably changed the makeup of
Taiwanese society.



“I feel like the main aim of the policy now is to not let Hong Kongers in.
Pretending that they are helping is enough,” said one former official who
worked on assistance efforts for Hong Kongers, speaking on the condition of
anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.

有曾負責協助香港人前政府官員則指：「整個政策的目的只是在擺支援的樣子，實際上政
府當局根本就不想香港人移居。」基於事件敏感，該前官員不願具名負責。

As Hong Kong comes more firmly under China’s hold, those from the city are
also seen with more suspicion. A review of 13 cases of Hong Kongers whose
applications for permanent or short-term residency were denied found that the
applicants were all rejected for connections to China.


products in northern Taiwan for more than a year. In a decision letter from
the Interior Ministry, her application was denied because she was “suspected
of endangering national interests” on the basis of her work at a public
university in Hong Kong.



Another rejected applicant, Sandy, 40, who arrived in Taiwan in 2019 and set
up an accounting firm, said she was shocked when she was turned down on the
basis of her birthplace: China.

而40歲的Sandy則在2019年抵台並開設會計公司，她留台的申請被拒的原因則更直接：
Sandy在中國內地出生。

“I was so disappointed,” she said. “I spent every day in fear, asking
myself if I had done anything wrong.” In July 2021, she returned to Hong
Kong.

她收信後感到震驚及失望。她指出，她因此每天都生活在恐懼中，並質疑她自己是否做
錯事。因此，在2021年7月，她無奈回到香港。

The stricter approach began in August 2020, when the Interior Ministry
started requiring extra review of residency applications from former
residents of Hong Kong and Macao who had served in Chinese public
institutions, were born in mainland China, or had worked for organizations
with investment from Chinese state entities.



According to Taiwan’s immigration authority, more than 3,200 have received
permanent residency in 2020 and 2021. It declined to say how many
applications had been rejected but said the proportion was “very low.”

根據台灣入境當局的資料，在2020及2021年間，有3200年獲得台灣的永久居留身份。該部
門雖無給出確切數字，但指出申請被拒的比例「相當低」。

Phyllis Yang, a manager at an immigration consulting company that has been
providing services for Hong Kongers immigrating to Taiwan, said that in the
past, review of residency applications took two weeks to a month. Now it can
take six months to a year, and those with connections to China or the Hong
Kong government see a much higher rate of rejection.



Law and his wife had hoped to stay in Taiwan until their 11-year-old daughter
finished high school. He regrets not only having to leave but also what
Taiwan will lose as people like him move on — his dream of creating a space
where Taiwanese and Hong Kongers could interact has been dashed.

文初提到的Law本來希望讓現年11歲的女兒在台灣完成高中課程，可惜他們離開的決定，並
不僅影響她的學業。Law對必須離開台灣感到遺憾之餘，亦對台灣放棄港人的做法感到遺
憾，正如台灣放棄了他的同時，他亦被迫放棄經營一個讓香港人和台灣人交流的地方的夢
想。

“Hong Kong people have a lot of talent to contribute. If they are turned
away, they will go to another place,” he said. “I don’t feel all that sad
about leaving,” he added. “Even though our store won’t be here, our spirit
remains.”



5.完整新聞連結 (或短網址)需放媒體原始連結，不可用轉載媒體連結:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/31/taiwan-hong-kong-immigration-china/
https://wapo.st/3PWZRvt

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