TAIPEI: Lawmakers in Taiwan launched a new group to help promote democracy in Hong Kong on Monday, a move likely to rile Beijing ahead of the 20th anniversary of the handover of the city from Britain back to China.

Taiwan and Hong Kong are thorns in Beijing’s side—both saw huge anti-China protests in 2014, known respectively as the Sunflower Movement and Umbrella Movement.

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