Joshua Wong - No one wants to be sent to prison, including me.

No one wants to be sent to prison, including me.

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Wong, Joshua. Quoted in "Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced." CNN, 17 Aug. 2017.

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About the Author

Joshua Wong

Born: October 13, 1996
Nationality: Chinese
Profession: Activist

Biography

Joshua Wong Chi-fung is a Hong Kong activist and politician. He served as secretary-general of the pro-democracy party Demosistō until it disbanded following the 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 further called one of the "world's greatest leaders" by Fortune magazine in 2015, and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017.

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