Chin Wan
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| Native name | 陳云根(陳雲) |
| Born |
8 November 1961 Hong Kong |
| Alma mater |
Chinese University of Hong Kong University of Göttingen |
| Occupation | Scholar and writer |
| Notable work | On the Hong Kong City-State series |
| Movement | Hong Kong Resurgence Order |
| Website | Chin Wan on Facebook |
Dr. Horace Chin Wan-kan (Chinese: 陳云根; Jyutping: can4 wan4 gan1, born 8 November 1961), better known by his pen name Chin Wan (Chinese: 陳雲; Jyutping: can4 wan4), is a Hong Kong scholar advocating localism, best known for his publications On the Hong Kong City-State series. He is the founder and leader of the Hong Kong Resurgence Order and is the ideological leader of the "Hong Kong Autonomy Movement," dubbed as the "godfather of localism" in Hong Kong. Until mid-2016, Chin was an assistant professor at the Department of Chinese of the Lingnan University.
Chin was born in Hong Kong in 1961. He received Bachelor of Arts degree in English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1986. He later studied in Germany, obtaining a doctorate in ethnology from the University of Göttingen in 1995. He returned to Hong Kong and worked at the Policy Research Institute between 1995 and 1996 and was a senior advisor to the HKSAR government on cultural, arts, and civic affairs from 1997 and worked as research director in the Home Affairs Bureau until 2007.
He became one of the leading critical intellectual voices against the destruction of local communities and historical edifices amidst the craze of urban redevelopment. Using the pen name Chin Wan, he wrote for many newspaper columns and supported the young radicals who became increasingly militant in opposing Hong Kong and Chinese real estate tycoons and Beijing's intervention in Hong Kong. In 2009, he was hired as assistant professor at the Department of Chinese of the Lingnan University. He held his teaching post until mid-2016 when his contract was not renewed, which allegedly due to his localist views.
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