1. It is time for outside countries to start thinking about how to accept/save Hong Kong dissidents. For a long time people thought there would be a wave of out-migration after a move like today's. The coronovirus makes that difficult.

2. By "other countries," I mean Taiwan.

Talk about what to do with the hundreds of thousands of protestors who have made it clear they are mortal enemies to the Communist Party of China, young people who will have no future in a Hong Kong where the Party dictates the future has sporadically happened in US, UK, and Aust

In normal times there would be small movements to bring these people to these countries. I expect even Republicans would have given some support to that, as the Hong Kong young are surprisingly pro-Trump.

But the country that *needs* these people is Taiwan.

Frankly, this would be politically risky move for the Tsai administration. In domestic politics it would cause big problems. There would probably need to be an agreement not to give these people near term voting rights + make it clear that whatever legal framework accepts these

people does *not* extend to political refugees from the mainland generally. I suspect either of those things--an influx of pro-Greeners who could vote Green or a potential influx of "poor" mainlanders--would make this politically impossible in Taiwan.

But to be very frank, the youth of Hong Kong are hardened in a way that the young of Taiwan are not. Taiwan needs people like that.

The Taiwanese defense system needs immense reform on many fronts--but each and everyone of those reforms would be furthered along with an influx of young people who hate the Communists with their entire souls and are not afraid to break their nails resisting them.

While I wouldn't mind similar influxes in various Western nations of people who be a reliable anti-CPC block (and who won't have their media intimidated out of existence as much of the liberal Chinese media in the West as been)... the place that needs them most is TW.

This is not how the issue is perceived or being debated in Taiwan. But it should be. Offer Hong Kong dissidents refuge in exchange for military service. They will take that deal. American officials should be thinking hard about how they can facilitate this.

It would not have to be immediate. Offer them refuge first, then offer a long term path to citizenship that includes full year long tours of duty. And use the time in between to develop a system to train them *right.*

Taiwan's window for action is closing. The situation in Hong Kong will be resolved in the Party's favor this year.

Taiwan is next on the chopping block. Turning itself into a state capable of deterring PRC aggression should be the single largest priority of the Tsai admin.

Every opportunity that can be seized must be seized. Taiwan is not Hong Kong. In Taiwan, resistance can succeed.

But time is running out.

That is all.