Joshua Wong (student activist)
| Joshua Wong | |
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| 黃之鋒 | |
Joshua Wong at Kowloon City Magistrates' Court on 12 February 2016
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| Secretary-General of Demosistō | |
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Assumed office 10 April 2016 |
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| Chairman | Nathan Law |
| Convenor of Scholarism | |
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In office 29 May 2011 – 20 March 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office dissolved |
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Joshua Wong Chi-fung 13 October 1996 British Hong Kong |
| Citizenship | Hong Kong permanent resident |
| Nationality | Hong Kong |
| Political party | Demosistō |
| Residence | Hong Kong |
| Education | Open University of Hong Kong |
| Alma mater | United Christian College (Kowloon East) |
| Occupation | Student |
| Known for | Convening Scholarism; 2014 Hong Kong protests |
| Website | wongchifung |
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Wong Chi-fung in July 2012
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| Traditional Chinese | 黃之鋒 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 黃之鋒 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Huáng Zhīfēng |
| Hakka | |
| Romanization | Vong2 Zu1 Fung1 |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Wong4 Ji1 Fung1 |
| Jyutping | Wong4 Zi1 Fung1 |
Joshua Wong Chi-fung ( Chinese: 黃之鋒, born 13 October 1996) is a Hong Kong student activist who serves as secretary general of Demosistō. Wong previously served as the convenor and founder of the Hong Kong student activist group Scholarism. Internationally known for his prominent role during the 2014 Umbrella Revolution, his major influence in Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement has resulted in his inclusion in TIME's Most Influential Teens of 2014, nomination for TIME's Person of the Year 2014 and recognition by Fortune as one of the world's greatest leaders in 2015.
In August 2017 Wong and two other pro-democracy activists were jailed for attempting to "retake" the closed Civic Square in 2014.
Joshua Wong was born in British Hong Kong on 13 October 1996, and was diagnosed with dyslexia soon thereafter. The son of middle-class couple Grace and Roger Wong, Joshua was raised as a Protestant Christian. His social awareness stems from his father, who often took him, as a child, to visit the underprivileged.
Wong studied at the United Christian College (Kowloon East), a private Christian middle school in Kowloon, and developed organisational and speaking skills through involvement in church groups. The 2010 anti-high speed rail protests were the first political protests in which he took part.
On 29 May 2011, Wong and schoolmate Ivan Lam established Scholarism, a student activist group. The group began with simple means of protest, such as the distribution of leaflets against the newly-announced moral and national education (MNE). In time, however, Wong's group grew in both size and influence, and in 2012 managed to organise a political rally attended by over 100,000 people. Wong received widespread attention as the group's convenor. On 27 September 2014, Wong was one of the 78 people arrested by the police during a massive pro-democracy protest, after hundreds of students stormed Civic Square in front of the Central Government Complex as a sign of protest against Beijing's decision on the 2014 Hong Kong electoral reform. However, unlike most of those arrested who were freed soon afterwards, Wong remained in custody for 46 hours, until his lawyers moved a writ of habeas corpus.
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