Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong announced plans Saturday to contest local elections and warned that any attempt to disqualify him will only spur more support for monthslong pro-democracy protests.
HONG KONG — Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong announced plans Saturday to contest local elections and warned that any attempt to disqualify him will only spurHis announcement came ahead of a major rally later Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of the Umbrella protests, where he first shot to fame as a youth leader.
Wong, 22, said that he will run in district council elections in November and that the vote is crucial to send a message to Beijing that the people are"Five years ago, we claimed that we will be back and now we are back with even stronger determination," he told a news conference."The battle ahead is the battle for our home and our homeland.", said he is aware that he could be disqualified.
He said the political censorship by Beijing showed an erosion of Hong Kong's autonomy under the"one country, two systems" framework when the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1996.
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