Wong is a Hong Kong student leader, known as a leader of the Umbrella movement, a civil resistance movement that occupied the city for 79 days in 2014. He has founded student activist groups, including Scholarism and Demosistō, and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017. He joins us for a discussion of his childhood spent on protests, and the future of politics in Hong Kong.

Wong is a Hong Kong student leader, known as a leader of the Umbrella movement, a civil resistance movement that occupied the city for 79 days in 2014. He has founded student activist groups, including Scholarism and Demosistō, and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017. He joins us for a discussion of his childhood spent on protests, and the future of politics in Hong Kong.

Wong is a Hong Kong student leader, known as a leader of the Umbrella movement, a civil resistance movement that occupied the city for 79 days in&nbsp;2014.&nbsp;He has founded student activist groups, including Scholarism and Demosistō,&nbsp;and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017. He joins us for a discussion of his childhood spent on protests, and the future of politics in Hong Kong.

Joshua Wong, Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activist

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Joshua Wong, Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activist

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