"I am losing money every month," the 68-year-old told me in Mandarin over a can of Taiwan Beer at his bookstore on a balmy afternoon in late June.
"They just kept brainwashing me," Lam said of his time in detention. He had spent five months in solitary confinement after being forced to confess to illegal book trading.
For 20 years, Lam founded and managed the original bookstore in Hong Kong—set up in and named after a vibrant district on Hong Kong Island.
Despite slow sales, Lam remains committed to promoting freedom and democracy in Taiwan, highlighting the challenges facing those who sell politically sensitive literature.
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