For Hong Kong refugees, new life in Taiwan means traversing a legal twilight zone

TAIPEI — Che-lam Presbyterian Church is next door to Taiwan's legislature and a stone's throw from the presidential office in the island's capital.

But while President Tsai Ing-wen's support for Hong Kong protesters powered her to reelection last month, the church is Taiwan's only institution to publicly provide material assistance to people who have fled the Asian financial hub's crackdown on demonstrators.