The 2014 Umbrella Movement was a 79-day long pro-democracy civil disobedience campaign originally conceived as “Occupy Central.” Thousands occupied roads around the legislature and in two other key districts following a student sit-in. Leading figures of the largely peaceful movement were jailed in the years following the police clearance.
LATEST NEWS & VIEWS
HKFP Lens: Hong Kong through the eyes of photojournalist Wong Kan-tai
Images captured by acclaimed Hong Kong photojournalist Wong Kan-tai are displayed at Lai Chi Kok’s Gallerie artellex until the end of March.
Artist Vaevae Chan spent years building a cave in a Hong Kong high rise. Now she is ready to share it with others
Located on the 17th floor of a San Po Kong industrial building, Vaevae Chan’s walk-through installation “She Told Me to Head to the Sea” was born from trauma – hers and the city’s. Opening it to the public is the “next chapter” of her healing process, she says.
Police record identity of handful of Hongkongers marking 8th anniversary of Umbrella Movement
One officer was heard asking a woman, who had showed up in Admiralty to mark the anniversary, why she had an umbrella when it was not raining.
COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS
Beijing, Britain, pan-democrats or localists: Who is to blame for the death of Hong Kong’s democracy movement?
“Considering how the Hong Kong experiment ended, it should come as no surprise if disagreement over causes and consequences continues forever,” writes Suzanne Pepper.
Beijing’s hard sell of ‘Hong Kong-style capitalist democracy’
“Experts and opinion leaders have been doing their best, trying to generate public approval and popular enthusiasm for the way forward. They have a steep mountain to climb,” writes Suzanne Pepper.
FEATURES
Hong Kong independence activist Edward Leung released after serving 4 years in jail
During the anti-extradition bill protests that rocked the city in 2019, the slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” came to overshadow the man who popularised it years earlier.
Hong Kong’s self-styled ‘voice of reason’ says Beijing-imposed electoral shake-up is ‘the worst’ things will get for the city
Veteran politician Michael Tien says Beijing is putting in place everything it needs to ensure stability and that ”things are going to get better from now on”.
Protest sketches by local artist not distributed in Hong Kong over security law fears
Freedom of artistic expression is being eroded in the city, says Fong So.
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