“What began five days ago as a Hong Kong student class boycott has swept into a city-wide pro-democracy protest movement, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. The public face of the crowd? Seventeen-year-old activist Joshua Wong. Joshua suffered bruises during his arrest, and he remained in custody for 40 hours without charges, according to Reuters. And yet, upon his release, he told South China Morning Post that hed soon be back to join the fight.”….. This is hardly Joshuas first time rallying a protest crowd. At age 15, he founded the student activist group, Scholarism. The group organized 120,000 protesters in a successful campaign against Chinas attempts to bring its national curriculum to Hong Kong. Joshua sees his young age as an asset. Young people will always be the pioneers..., he said to Bloomberg News. “In a rally, who could walk faster? A 40-year-old or someone much younger? huff.to/ZtJ5KE
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 03:59:54 +0000