Born and raised in Hong Kong, he survives on less than $1,300 a month in a city more expensive than San Francisco and New York. He participated in the 2014 occupation of Hong Kong streets, which lasted 79 days before it was crushed, its leaders jailed and its call for universal suffrage resoundingly denied. “Hong Kong is at the edge of losing everything,” said a 24-year-old female protester. Beijing and their allies in Hong Kong have condemned the protesters’ actions in the strongest terms. The Chinese government’s Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office in a statement backed criminal punishments for the protesters.

Source: National Post July 03, 2019 13:18 UTC