A young protester in Tamar holds a placard that says “Carrie Lam is not my mother”. Photo: Sam Tsang
A young protester in Tamar holds a placard that says “Carrie Lam is not my mother”. Photo: Sam Tsang
Bertie Wai
Opinion

Opinion

Bertie Wai

What’s eating Hong Kong’s young protesters? Maybe it’s the city’s elitist culture

  • Hong Kong is a city with narrow definitions of success, which is fine if you are a straight-A student. But what happens to those young people who don’t feel validated by a dominant book-smart culture?

A young protester in Tamar holds a placard that says “Carrie Lam is not my mother”. Photo: Sam Tsang
A young protester in Tamar holds a placard that says “Carrie Lam is not my mother”. Photo: Sam Tsang
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