Overview
- Lin Ying-ki died on Thursday, July 2, 2026, in a Taipei hospital at age 70, and multiple news agencies reported cancer as the cause of death.
- He was the manager of the Causeway Bay Bookshop in Hong Kong that sold titles banned on the Chinese mainland and was detained by Chinese authorities in Guangdong in 2015 for selling those books.
- After being released and returning to Hong Kong, the shop was forced to close in 2016, and Lin left for Taiwan in 2019 before reopening a bookshop in Taipei in 2020.
- Taiwan’s president Lai Ching-te posted a social media tribute saying Lin’s courage will not fade, and reports say friends in Taiwan cared for him as his health declined.
- Lin’s story has become a focal point in coverage of cross‑border pressure on publishers and of Taiwan’s role as a refuge for dissident booksellers, a theme underscored across the reporting.