A Chinese activist who fled to Taiwan last month and urged authorities there not to deport him said he had arrived in Canada and obtained political asylum.
Chen Siming said last month on X, that he had fled China in July and arrived in Taiwan two months later.
Self-ruled Taiwan has restrictions on travellers from China - which claims the island as its territory - and so Mr Chen was not able to enter. He posted on X from Taipei international airport's transit area."I was able to successfully obtain political asylum in Canada," he said, thanking human rights organisations, as well as the governments of Taiwan and Canada, and the UN refugee agency.
However, due to concerns about being sent to immigration prison in Thailand - a country with a track record of deporting dissidents - he bought a return ticket to China that transited Taiwan, RFA said.