Censorship
Imprisoning us inside the walls can successfully
silence you outside
Oppression
Threatening your family will immediately
stop you from taking any actions
Purge
Indicting us with fabricated crimes so we won’t be able to
defend our idealism in the courts
Collusion with Foreign Forces
The evidence is your names are mentioned by
international news media
National Security
Any campaign for public policy debates
constitutes subversion
Author’s Note: On Feb 6, 2023, 47 pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong were tried under the new National Security Law, with the charge of “conspiracy to commit subversion”.
C. J. Anderson-Wu is a Taiwanese writer. In 2017 she published Impossible to Swallow—A Collection of Short Stories About The White Terror in Taiwan and in 2021 The Surveillance—Tales of White Terror in Taiwan. Based on true characters and real incidents, her works look into the political oppression in Taiwanese society during the period of Martial Law (1949-1987), and the traumas resulting from the state’s brutal violation of human rights. Currently she is working on her third book Endangered Youth— To Hong Kong. C. J. Anderson-Wu’s works can be found in the Global Anthologies of Short Stories (US), Eastlit (Southeast Asia), Lunaris Review (Nigeria), Strands Lit Magazine (India), Short Story Avenue (US), Olney Magazine (US), So Fi Zine (Australia), An Capall Dorcha/The Dark House (Ireland), Short Story Town (US), Hennepin Review (US), MockingOwl Roost (US), Kitaab (Singapore & India) and LEO Literary Journal (US) among other literature journals.
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