Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee, seized by Chinese authorities in 2015, dies in Taiwan at 70

Lam Wing-kee, a Hong Kong bookseller who was seized by Chinese authorities in 2015 and became a symbol of resistance to Beijing's crackdown on speech freedom, died in Taiwan at 70 after a cancer relapse. He moved to Taipei in 2019, reopened his bookstore in 2020, and was admitted to MacKay Memorial Hospital before his death. Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te expressed condolences, highlighting his message about the value of freedom and democracy.