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Joshua Wong

civil rights advocate, politician, schoolchild

1996

Joshua Wong Chi-fung is a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and politician. He served as secretary-general of the pro-democracy party Demosistō until it disbanded following implementation of the Hong Kong national security law on 30 June 2020. Wong was previously convenor and founder of the Hong Kong student activist group Scholarism. Wong first rose to international prominence during the 2014 Hong Kong protests, and his pivotal role in the Umbrella Movement resulted in his inclusion in Time magazine's Most Influential Teens of 2014 and nomination for its 2014 Person of the Year; he was named one of the "world's greatest leaders" by Fortune magazine in 2015.

All Quotes by Joshua Wong

“Beyond the barricades we long to see a Hong Kong free from tyranny and a puppet government.”
— Joshua Wong
“We long to have a home where civil freedoms are respected, where our children will not be subject to mass surveillance, abuse of human rights, political censorship and mass incarceration.”
— Joshua Wong
“We should, through civic referendums, determine our own pathways and political status after 2047, because in this lies the future of our democratic movement. If Hong Kong could exercise democratic self-governance under the sovereignty of China, it would not be necessary for us to take this step on the path toward independence.”
— Joshua Wong
“Our bodies are held captive, but our pursuit of freedom cannot be contained.”
— Joshua Wong
“For generations of Hong Kongers, the only means of upward mobility and the only way to meaningfully contribute to society have been to obtain a respectable university degree (preferably in business administration) and a professional accreditation (in finance, accounting, law or medicine).”
— Joshua Wong