Youngspiration
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Youngspiration
青年新政 |
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| Convenor | Baggio Leung |
| Founded | 21 January 2015 |
| Membership |
 ~400 |
| Ideology |
Direct democracy Hong Kong nationalism Localism Nativism Right wing populism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Colours | Orange |
| Legislative Council |
0 / 70
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| District Councils |
0 / 458
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| Website | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 青年新政 | ||||||||
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| Literal meaning | Youth new policy | ||||||||
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| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Chīng nìhn sān jing |
| Jyutping | Cing1 nin4 san1 zing3 |
Youngspiration (Chinese: 青年新政) is a localist political party in Hong Kong founded in 2015. It emerged after the 2014 Hong Kong protests (often dubbed as the "Umbrella Revolution") with an agenda of protection of Hong Kong people's interests and culture against the interference of the Chinese government and advocated the "Hong Kong nation's right to self-determination". The group wants a self-determination referendum in 2020 with the results effective in 2047, when China's "one country, two systems" promise ends. As of 2016, the convenor of the group is Baggio Leung.
The two Youngspiration legislators, Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching, triggered a controversy when they made pro-independence statements during the oaths of office and were ejected from the Legislative Council by the court after the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) interpreted the Article 104 of the Basic Law of Hong Kong, which specifically targeted the duo's conduct by "clarifying" the provision of the legislators to swear allegiance to Hong Kong as part of China when they take office.
Youngspiration was established in January 2015 by a group of young people who had participated in the 2014 Hong Kong protests. Its founding convenor, Baggio Leung, was the president of the City University of Hong Kong Students' Union in 2007. Due to its background, it was often labelled as one of the "umbrella organisations". It adopted the emerging localist ideology, claiming to safeguard Hong Kong people's interests, freedoms and culture against the influx of mainland Chinese immigrants and tourists as well as the Chinese government's growing encroachment on the territory. It supported the restriction of Chinese immigrants and the empowerment of the Hong Kong government to regulate and manage the one-way permit scheme.
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