Indeed, and what's happening in Hong Kong is already affecting Taiwan, giving additional support to the pro-independent camp. BTW, the ruling party of ROC was

Indeed, and what's happening in Hong Kong is already affecting Taiwan, giving additional support to the pro-independent camp. BTW, the ruling party of ROC was pretty authoritarian back then too. IMO, the contrasting political development of the ROC and PRC in the last few decades is worthy of further evaluation and consideration.