{"id":116971,"date":"2011-01-02T23:07:25","date_gmt":"2011-01-03T06:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=116971"},"modified":"2011-01-02T23:19:38","modified_gmt":"2011-01-03T06:19:38","slug":"szeto-wah-hong-kong-democracy-activist-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/01\/szeto-wah-hong-kong-democracy-activist-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Szeto Wah, Hong Kong Democracy Activist, Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Szeto Wah, a prominent democracy activist in Hong Kong, has died at the age of 79 from lung cancer. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/2011\/01\/02\/world\/asia\/AP-AS-Hong-Kong-Obit-Szeto-Wah.html?ref=world\">From AP<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nA teacher and a former primary school principal by trade, Szeto started his political career organizing fellow teachers, building Hong Kong&#8217;s Professional Teachers&#8217; Union into one of the territory&#8217;s most powerful unions.<\/p>\n<p>But he is best known as a democracy advocate. Szeto, like many Hong Kongers, was shocked by Beijing&#8217;s military suppression of the pro-democracy protests on Tiananmen, in which at least several hundred people were killed.<\/p>\n<p>Along with others he organized the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Democratic Movements in China. The group, which he headed until his death, became a key advocate for both the victims of Tiananmen and for mainland dissidents jailed by the Chinese government.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See also<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/01\/03\/world\/asia\/03szeto.html\"> a report from the New York Times<\/a> and &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestandard.com.hk\/news_detail.asp?we_cat=21&#038;art_id=106625&#038;sid=30790089&#038;con_type=1&#038;d_str=20110103&#038;fc=10\">Keeping Uncle Wah&#8217;s legacy alive<\/a>\u200e&#8221; from the Hong Kong-based Standard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Szeto Wah, a prominent democracy activist in Hong Kong, has died at the age of 79 from lung cancer. From AP: A teacher and a former primary school principal by trade, Szeto started his political career organizing fellow teachers, building Hong Kong&#8217;s Professional Teachers&#8217; Union into one of the territory&#8217;s most powerful unions. 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