{"id":62999,"date":"2016-04-10T22:43:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T22:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=62999 "},"modified":"2016-04-10T22:43:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-10T22:43:00","slug":"62999-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=62999","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong forms political party"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Joshua Wong, one of Hong Kong’s most famous pro-democracy campaigners, has launched a new political party.<\/span><\/p>

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The 19-year-old said his party, Demosisto, would demand self-determination for Hong Kong.<\/span><\/p>

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Mr Wong was a leading figure in the so-called Umbrella Movement in 2014, which aimed to secure greater voting rights for the territory’s residents.<\/span><\/p>

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“Street activism is not enough if we want to fight for a better future,” Mr Wong told the BBC.<\/span><\/p>

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“We have to enter the system, create a political party and shape the political agenda, in order to drive forward our movement for self-determination.”<\/span><\/p>

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Although Mr Wong is too young to run for office, Demosisto will put forward candidates in Legislative Council elections in September.<\/span><\/p>

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His televised arrest in September 2014 helped spark pro-democracy protests that would continue for 79 days, paralysing the heart of the city.<\/span><\/p>

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But they ultimately failed to win any concessions from the Chinese government.<\/span><\/p>

Party ‘rejects violence’<\/span><\/p>

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By BBC Hong Kong correspondent Juliana Liu<\/span><\/p>

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Mr Wong recently disbanded his student activist group Scholarism to pave way for the new party.<\/span><\/p>

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Its first goal is to contest, and hopefully win, seats in the Legislative Council election in September.<\/span><\/p>

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Mr Wong himself, not yet 21, is still too young to run. Three fellow party leaders will stand for election in two districts.<\/span><\/p>

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For his part, Joshua Wong says his party rejects violence, but will continue to engage in street politics.<\/span><\/p>

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His journey from child activist to party leader has begun.<\/span><\/p>

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A founder of student protest group Scholarism, in 2012, Mr Wong rallied more than 100,000 people to protest against Hong Kong’s plans to implement mandatory “patriotic education” in schools.<\/span><\/p>

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He began his protesting career at just 13, when he demonstrated against plans to build a high-speed rail link between Hong Kong and the mainland.<\/span><\/p>

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Two years later, he had set up Scholarism, successfully challenged the government and was firmly in the limelight.<\/span><\/p>

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By 2014 his profile was so high, he held a press conference to announce his university entrance exam results.<\/span><\/p>

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A former British colony, Hong Kong became a special administrative region of China in 1997.<\/span><\/p>

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