The urgent, first book from global phenomenon Joshua Wong - leader of the Hong Kong protests, Nobel prize nominee and TIME, Forbes and Fortune world leader - who will tell us how he took on the biggest country in the world, and why we all have a stake in the global fight for democracy.
Joshua Wong (Author)
Joshua Wong was born in 1996. He has been named by TIME, Fortune,
Prospect and Forbes as one of the world's most influential leaders.
In 2018 he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his leading
role in the Umbrella Revolution. He is Secretary-General of
Demosisto, a pro-democracy organisation which he founded in 2016
that advocates for self-determination in Hong Kong. Joshua came
onto the political scene in 2011 aged 14, when he founded
Scholarism and successfully protested against the enforcement of
Chinese National Education in Hong Kong. He has been arrested by
the Chinese state numerous times for his protesting and activism
and has served over 100 days in jail. He has been the subject of
two documentaries, including the Netflix original documentary,
Joshua- Teenager vs Superpower. This is the first time his work has
been published in English.
Jason Y. Ng (Author)
Jason Y. Ng is a lawyer, activist, newspaper columnist, former
president of PEN Hong Kong and author of three acclaimed books
charting Hong Kong's post-colonial development, HONG KONG State of
Mind, No City for Slow Men, and Umbrellas in Bloom. He has followed
Joshua's story from its beginnings in 2011, and has continued to
report and advocate for his cause ever since.
Ai Weiwei (Introducer)
Ai Weiwei is one of the world's most important living artists. Born
in 1957, he lives in Cambridge, UK.
Allan H. Barr is the author of a study in Chinese of a literary
inquisition in the early Qing dynasty, Jiangnan yijie- Qing ren
bixia de Zhuangshi shi'an, and the translator of several books by
contemporary Chinese authors, including Yu Hua's China in Ten Words
and Han Han's This Generation. He teaches Chinese at Pomona College
in California.
Joshua Wong is a brave and inspiring young leader. Together we are
one loud voice that cannot be silenced.
*Greta Thunberg, climate change activist and bestselling author of
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference*
If we want freedom, we need to learn from Hong Kong. With values,
tactics, and courage, Joshua Wong shows us the way.
*Timothy Snyder, historian and bestselling author of On Tyranny and
The Road to Unfreedom*
Joshua Wong represents a new generation of rebel. All they require
and demand is a single value: freedom.
*Ai Weiwei, artist and activist*
One of the most prominent political activists in the world ... a
powerful insight into the turbulence on the city's streets that
made world headlines
*Rana Mitter, Sunday Times*
A call to arms for the Snapchat generation ... This book is a
memoir of an extraordinary decade in which Wong went from a nerdy
obsession with Marvel comics to a Netflix documentary in which he
was characterised as a superhero for democracy.
*Tim Adams, The Observer (Book of the Week)*
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