Taiwanese Activist at Risk in Chinese Prison

Expand Li Ching-yu (R), wife of Taiwanese worker Li Ming-che who is detained by China, speaks during a press conference as Sam Brownback, the US ambassador at large for religious freedom, sits next to her at the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) in Taipei on March 12, 2019. © 2019 Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images March 19 marks two years since police in China’s Guangdong province forcibly disappeared Taiwanese democracy activist Li Ming-che. Authorities eventually charged Li with “subversion of state power” for having online discussions about transitional justice and democracy in Taiwan and sharing…

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