By AP News Published Sep 22, 2023 05:23 am TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Chinese dissident known for posting pictures on social media commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown said Friday he had fled to Taiwan and pleaded for help seeking asylum in the United States or Canada. In a video that appeared to be self-shot and posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, Cheng Siming said he was in the transit area at Taoyuan International Airport. 'In order to hide from China's political persecution, I have now arrived in Taiwan,' Cheng said in the video, which was posted about 7 a.

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