`Hong Kong is at a crossroads`: inside prison with the student who took on Beijing
(The Guardian China)

Political activist Joshua Wong was 20 when he was sentenced in 2017 to six months for his role in Hong Kong´s pro-democracy `umbrella movement´The last words I said before I was taken away from the courtroom were: `Hong Kong people, carry on!` That sums up how I feel about our political struggle. Since Occupy Central - and the umbrella movement that succeeded it - ended without achieving its stated goal, Hong Kong has entered one of its most challenging chapters. Protesters coming out of a failed movement are overcome with disillusionment and powerlessness. Related: Joshua Wong, the student who risked the wrath of Beijing: `It´s about turning the impossible into the possible´ Continue reading...