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Except Taiwan isn’t China. If Taiwan and Hong Kong want an extradition treaty, they can sign one.
This bill is to enable the lawful extradition of dissenters. (Beijing tried doing it surreptitiously [1]; that backfired.)
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/08/hong-kong-book...
In practice it isn't, but on paper it is, both according to the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China. (One-China Policy)
Except Taiwan isn’t China. If Taiwan and Hong Kong want an extradition treaty, they can sign one.
This bill is to enable the lawful extradition of dissenters. (Beijing tried doing it surreptitiously [1]; that backfired.)
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/08/hong-kong-book...