Joshua Wong, 17, is the founder of pro-democracy student group Scholarism. In 2012, he led as many as 120,000 people in a protest that overturned a pro-Communist school curriculum in Hong Kong.
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Joshua Wong, 17, is the founder of pro-democracy student group Scholarism. In 2012, he led as many as 120,000 people in a protest that overturned a pro-Communist school curriculum in Hong Kong.
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Now, Wong aims to ignite a wave of civil disobedience among Hong Kong's students to pressure China into giving the city full universal suffrage.
Meet Hong Kong's young activists —
Now, Wong aims to ignite a wave of civil disobedience among Hong Kong's students to pressure China into giving the city full universal suffrage.
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17-year-old students Agnes Chow and Ivan Tan are members of Scholarism. "After joining Scholarism, I've become braver than before," Chow told CNN last year.
Meet Hong Kong's young activists —
17-year-old students Agnes Chow and Ivan Tan are members of Scholarism. "After joining Scholarism, I've become braver than before," Chow told CNN last year.
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24-year-old Samuel Li is the former secretary general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students. "I have been in contact with activists in China," he told CNN last year. "They are really interested in social movements in Hong Kong."
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24-year-old Samuel Li is the former secretary general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students. "I have been in contact with activists in China," he told CNN last year. "They are really interested in social movements in Hong Kong."
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Yvonne Leung, 20, is the president of the Hong Kong University Students Union. "My main concern is to end one-party rule in China," she told CNN in June.
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Yvonne Leung, 20, is the president of the Hong Kong University Students Union. "My main concern is to end one-party rule in China," she told CNN in June.
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Although many of Hong Kong's students are not old enough to remember the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, they nonetheless participate in marches like the city's annual June 4th vigil.
Meet Hong Kong's young activists —
Although many of Hong Kong's students are not old enough to remember the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, they nonetheless participate in marches like the city's annual June 4th vigil.
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