Hong Kong's court handed heavy sentences to the leaders of the group behind the city's annual Tiananmen vigil, a blow to what remains of Hong Kong's democracy movement.

• Former Hong Kong Alliance leaders Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho were convicted of inciting subversion under the national security law.
• Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council condemned the ruling, calling it a political trial dressed up as national security.
• Taipei pointed to Beijing's own 2021 white paper praising democracy as a universal value, asking what crime the group actually committed.
• Taiwan says the case proves "one country, two systems" was never real, and called for the release of all jailed democracy activists.

Outlook: More prosecutions of remaining activists are likely, and Taiwan will keep using Hong Kong as a warning against any unification deal with Beijing.