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Joshua Wong

Joshua Wong
Joshua Wong
Joshua Wong Chi-fung is a Hong Kong opposition activist. He was one of the leaders of the 2014 Occupy Movement. He was among 45 activists jailed in 2024 following a landmark subversion trial.
Born
13 Oct 1996
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Politics
Job Title
Activist
Men work with the help of AI. Salaries of AI-savvy software engineers have shot up in Singapore. Photo: Shutterstock
Singapore

‘No longer nice-to-have’: AI skills boost Singapore software engineer pay by 25%

Companies are increasingly prioritising engineers who can work effectively with AI tools, especially in senior roles.

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Hong Kong politics

Beijing tells new US consul general to Hong Kong to respect city’s rule of law

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Hong Kong politics

New US Consul General Julie Eadeh arrives in Hong Kong after Beijing’s approval

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Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong to remove at least 5 opposition groups from societies register

Nearly 300 community groups given three months to furnish proof of existence or risk having their operations banned.

The now-defunct Scholarism group, founded by jailed activist Joshua Wong (pictured), is facing the risk of being deregistered. Photo: SCMP
US-China relations

Exclusive | US career diplomat Julie Eadeh tipped to be next consul general in Hong Kong

Photos published of Eadeh meeting opposition activists in 2019 were held up as evidence of ‘foreign forces’ at work in the city.

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Hong Kong politics

Beijing slams Washington for supporting jailed Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong

US State Department condemned fresh charge laid against activist for allegedly conspiring to collude with foreign forces.

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Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong faces fresh charge of foreign collusion

Wong conspired with others to instigate sanctions or implement other hostile activities against the city and mainland China, authorities say.

Joshua Wong arriving at court in 2019. He was jailed for 56 months for his role in a plot to overthrow the government through an unofficial legislative “primary” election in 2020. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong 47: Joshua Wong seeks no more than 10 years’ jail for role in plot

Joshua Wong, 27, appears in court with five other opposition figures to seek lighter sentences for their roles in scheme tied to unofficial primary election.

Hong Kong politics

Who were the young faces of Hong Kong’s democracy movement and where are they now?

Agnes Chow’s pledge to never return to Hong Kong after fleeing overseas throws media spotlight back on young generation of opposition figures.

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Hong Kong protests

Hong Kong judge backs contempt proceedings against four men in connection with 2019 unrest

Mr Justice Russell Coleman blasts ‘significant and almost wholly unexplained’ delay to start of proceedings.

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Activist Joshua Wong in 2020. Photo: Dickson Lee
Human rights

Hong Kong human rights lawyer who took on protest cases shutting law firm

Michael Vidler was involved in high profile cases such as those that related to the 2019 anti-government protests and also represented Joshua Wong Chi-fung.

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Michael Vidler’s firm has taken on landmark cases ranging from freedom of expression, the right to demonstrate and LGBT rights. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong wins appeal to reduce jail sentence by 2 months

Court of Appeal rules in favour of Wong, judges order reduction, plus two months from unauthorised assembly sentence to be served concurrently with two other convictions.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Opinion | RIP Hong Kong cinema? 3 reasons it may not survive long term

The industry’s long-term viability is being challenged amid new censorship guidelines, worries that expressions of local identity can be seen as unpatriotic, and a dearth of actors, who now face increased pressure to prove their patriotism.

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Video | 10-month jail sentence for HK activist Joshua Wong

HK activist Joshua Wong to be jailed for 10 more months over unauthorised Tiananmen Square vigil
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Hong Kong protests

Joshua Wong, 3 others jailed over unauthorised Tiananmen vigil in Hong Kong

Judge Stanley Chan says 24-year-old opposition figure and district councillors Lester Shum, Tiffany Yuen and Jannelle Rosalynne Leung ‘openly defied the law’, and were ‘wise’ to plead guilty.

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Joshua Wong (centre) last week admitted taking part in the unauthorised June 4 vigil. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong, three others plead guilty to taking part in Tiananmen vigil

District councillors Lester Shum, Tiffany Yuen and Jannelle Rosalynne Leung also admit knowingly taking part in unauthorised assembly, an offence that could earn them five years’ jail.

Hong Kong protests

Hong Kong court adds to Joshua Wong’s jail time with four-month sentence for protest

Veteran activist Koo Sze-yiu, 75, jailed for five months over the same unauthorised rally that Wong was a part of, which saw attendees flout a government ban on masks that came into effect that morning.

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Hong Kong national security law

Bail denied again for 11 defendants in Hong Kong’s biggest security law case

Of the 21 defendants challenging bail decisions, 11 are denied temporary release and the remainder rescind their applications late on. Forty-seven in total accused of plotting to paralyse the government.

Defendants in Hong Kong’s largest national security law prosecution are taken to court last week. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong national security law

Video | HK activists including Joshua Wong arrive at detention centre

Hong Kong politics

Beijing official, pro-establishment figures agree on need to put ‘patriots’ in charge

Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, tells seminar in Shenzhen that ‘patriots governing Hong Kong’ is paramount to the future of ‘one country, two systems’.

Hong Kong courts

Guilty pleas leave activists facing five years in jail over banned June 4 vigil

Joshua Wong among five who plead guilty to taking part in banned event, while 19 others ask for more time as cases are transferred to District Court.

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Joshua Wong (centre) takes part in a June 4 vigil in Victoria Park. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong protests

Jailed activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to charges from 2019 mask rally

Wong admits violating the city’s emergency mask ban and taking part in an unauthorised assembly on October 5, 2019, the same day the controversial regulation took effect.

Joshua Wong (right) is detained at the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre last November. Photo: Winson Wong
My Take

My Take | Are pan-democrats ‘calling the top’ of Hong Kong property market?

Many pan-dems have sold their homes, and a few have even fled the city to escape what they claim is rising tyranny. They may be right, at least inadvertently, about exiting a real estate market after a super-bull run that has made local properties the most expensive in the world

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Hong Kong national security law

UN rights boss: Hong Kong security law having ‘chilling effect’ on freedoms

Michelle Bachelet says recent arrests of democracy activists ‘risk causing a wider chilling effect on the exercise of fundamental freedoms.’

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Hong Kong protests

Beijing blasts ‘absurd’ US tributes to jailed Hong Kong activists

China’s top body overseeing Hong Kong says sentences handed to Wong and others do not compensate for their crimes against the nation.

Ivan Lam and Joshua Wong were among those jailed this week, triggering a supportive statement for the defendants from the US. Photo: Winson Wong
Hong Kong protests

Video | Hong Kong opposition activists face prison

Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong and Ivan Lam jailed, Agnes Chow to spend 24th birthday in prison
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Hong Kong Basic Law

Video | Hong Kong opposition activists face jail

Hong Kong protests

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong, two others jailed over police HQ siege

Joshua Wong, Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow had previously pleaded guilty over their roles in a 15-hour siege of police headquarters in the early days of last year’s anti-government unrest.

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