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Joshua Wong
Joshua Wong was born in Hong Kong less than one year before China took back control of the city from the United Kingdom. While the handover was peaceful, Hong Kong's citizens lost their right to fully democratic elections. Joshua's leadership as an activist came to international attention in 2014, during pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. The protest became known as the Umbrella Movement. Although Joshua and his student organization called Scholarism promoted peaceful protest, he was jailed for his participation. Undiscouraged, Joshua continues to advocate for full and free elections in Hong Kong. He has been the subject of a documentary called Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower, and has been recognized for his work with many awards including TIME magazine's 25 Most Influential Teens.
Unfree Speech
'Joshua Wong is a brave and inspiring young leader.' - GRETA THUNBERG Imprisoned on 2 December 2020 for the third time, read Joshua Wong's urgent and powerful story - the Hong Konger fighting for democracy. INTRODUCTION BY AI WEIWEI, FOREWORD BY CHRIS PATTEN Unfree Speech is Joshua's urgent call for us to defend our democratic values, whoever we are. It chronicles Joshua's path to activism, collects the letters he wrote as a political prisoner, and closes with a powerful and urgent manifesto for us to defend our democracies at time of global flux and change. Joshua Wong made history when he was 14. While the adults stayed silent, Joshua staged the first ever student protest in Hong Kong to o...
Spiritual Interview with the Guardian Spirit of Joshua Wong
Spiritual Interview with the Guardian Spirit of Joshua Wong: His resolve to protect the freedom of Hong Kong is the record of an interview with the guardian spirit of Joshua Wong, one of the young democratic activists in Hong Kong. In the following pages, the guardian spirit of Joshua Wong says that he wants to be a disciple of Jesus Christ, brings up the story of "David and Goliath" from the Old Testament, and compares himself to the young David. He is determined to keep fighting, with the spirit of self-sacrifice, against the powerful suppression by the Communist Party of China, for freedom and fundamental rights. Let there be glory in the courage of Joshua Wong and the freedom of Hong Kong.
Spiritual Interview with the Guardian Spirit of Joshua Wong
Spiritual Interview with the Guardian Spirit of Joshua Wong: His resolve to protect the freedom of Hong Kong is the record of an interview with the guardian spirit (the subconscious) of Joshua Wong, one of the young democratic activists in Hong Kong, conducted through the spiritual power of Ryuho Okawa of Happy Science, a religious group based in Japan. Happy Science aims to spread the values of freedom, democracy, and faith throughout the world, and is therefore supporting the protests in Hong Kong. This book is just one of several ways Happy Science supports the protests. In Japan, more than 500 books in the Spiritual Interview series by Okawa reveal people's true thoughts that cannot be m...
Somos la revolución
Un manifiesto necesario para una democracia global. Una impactante historia al estilo David y Goliat sobre un joven activista de Hong Kong, quien con tan solo veintidós años está sacudiendo e inspirando al mundo entero. A los catorce años Joshua Wong ya hizo historia. Mientras los adultos guardaban silencio, Joshua escenificó la primera protesta de estudiantes en Hong Kong en contra del sistema de educación nacional, y ganó. Desde entonces, Joshua ha fundado Demosisto, ha liderado la Revolución de los Paraguas y ha encabezado las protestas contra la ley de extradición en las que han participado, tomando las calles de Hong Kong, 1,7 millones de personas, un cuarto de la población to...
Hong Kong Barricades
In October 2014, Lele Saveri was in Hong Kong when thousands of people, guided by a group of students, took to the streets to demonstrate against electoral reform: what would go down in history as the ?Umbrella Revolution? was underway. Saveri was there by chance, but he immediately realised that he was standing before a historic event. He moves through the streets, coming into contact with people, shooting photographs. The barricades, put up using temporary fencing and various objects, strike him in particular by virtue of their structure: they are the symbol of the determination and resistance of the demonstrators, the image of a protest which does not burn out in a single season but which is still alive today. Along with the text by Joshua Wong (leader of the movement, shortlisted for the Nobel Peace Prize 2017), the photographs gathered in this volume tell of the genesis of a struggle for democratisation and emancipation, and more in general, against oppression.
Defying the Dragon
'Defying the Dragon' tells a remarkable story of audacity: of how the people of Hong Kong challenged the PRC's authority, just as its president reached the height of his powers. Is Xi's China as unshakeable as it seems? What are its real interests in Hong Kong? Why are Beijing's time-honoured means of control no longer working there? And where does this leave Hongkongers themselves?Stephen Vines has lived in Hong Kong for over three decades. His book shrewdly unpacks the Hong Kong-China relationship and its wider significance--right up to the astonishing convergence of political turmoil and international crisis with Covid-19 and the 2020 crackdown.Vividly describing the uprising from street level, Vines explains how and why it unfolded, and its global repercussions. Now, the international community is reassessing relations with Beijing, just as Hong Kong's rebellion and China's handling of the pandemic have exposed the regime's weakness. In a crisis that has become existential all round, what lies ahead for Hong Kong, China and the world?
La parole enchaînée
Né à Hong Kong en 1996, Joshua Wong a un parcours hors du commun. À quatorze ans, il s’engage dans la lutte contre le gouvernement chinois et son programme d’éducation et fonde le groupe Scholarism. En 2014, il devient le visage de la « révolution des parapluies », mouvement s’opposant au projet du gouvernement de limiter la portée du suffrage universel pour l'élection du chef de l'exécutif de Hong Kong. En juin 2019, tout juste sorti de prison, Joshua prend la tête des manifestations massives contre le projet de loi sur les extraditions vers la Chine continentale. Véritable figure de proue du mouvement pro-démocratique à Hong Kong, ses actions ont été relayées dans le monde entier, ce qui a lui a valu une nomination pour le Prix Nobel de la paix... et plus de cent jours de prison ferme. Dans ce manifeste, le jeune activiste raconte l’histoire de son engagement, sa genèse mais aussi son futur et livre aux lecteurs ses lettres de prisonnier politique. La parole enchaînée relaye ce cri pour la démocratie et cette nécessité de se soulever pour nos droits, à Hong Kong ou ailleurs. Traduit de l’anglais par Elsa Maggion
Hong Kong Protest Leaders – Sick facts that Western countries do not know
A terrible example of democratic movements: when a fight for democracy is just an excuse for riots and anti-government movements … Hong Kong protest activists have been proactively contacting foreign governments and foreign press, telling them how righteous they are and why their governments are wrong. But why have they not received the majority’s supports from the locals? Award-winning author, Selina Co, is a Hong Kong citizen (dual citizen) and is native in Cantonese (Hong Kong’s spoken language) and fluent in English and Mandarin. Selina has interviewed Hongkongers from all walks of life and translated protest activists’ videos, statistics, local newspapers and verified reports to...
Hong Kong 20/20
The handover in 1997 saw Hong Kong's transition from colonial to communist rule under the auspices of 'one country, two systems'. But twenty years on, the real impact of the sovereignty change is just starting to register, with a rapid erosion of freedoms. Believing that we are stronger together, PEN Hong Kong invited some of the city's most prominent writers to contribute to an anthology of essays, fiction and artwork that marks this historical milestone.
