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Joshua Wong: “We’ll Start the Next Round Stronger”

The New Left Review talks to Joshua Wong, 18-year-old founder of the Scholarism student movement in Hong Kong, about the battle against National Education; the political landscape in Hong Kong’s universities and broader society; last year’s Umbrella Movement protests; and the way forward. What kind of balance-sheet would you make of the Umbrella Movement? It greatly increased political awareness in Hong Kong society, as more and more people joined the movement.