Samuel Chan is an organiser of Conversations with the Courageous, a volunteer group that aims to raise awareness and support of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement through personal interactions with local people in San Francisco.
He is also an organiser of the Hong Kong Affairs Association of Berkeley, a group that aims to raise awareness of issues related to democracy and human rights in Hong Kong among students at the University of California, Berkeley, and the general public.
Read MoreMr Chan is a postman who has been serving Hong Kong for the past 20 years. Amidst the coronavirus outbreak, he volunteered to work extra night shifts.
Read MoreI am a bean bag round, a long term resident of the warehouse, living close by my best friend, Tear gas. People often underestimate my destructive power, but I am actually not too different from other bullets— very dangerous indeed and generally used in warfare and revolts. Ever since tear gas started going out, he had never stopped talking about his thrilling experiences: There were a lot of “rioters” out there hurting our owners with bricks, affecting our city’s commute and economy with their non-cooperation movements… so we have to help our owners stop this violence. I was very proud of tear gas defending our owners and longed for the day when I can see it for myself. Finally, this day has come!
Read MoreChocolate, who just graduated and entered society 17 years ago during the SARS epidemic, compares the situation today to that of SARS in her memory.
Read MoreVeni has been working as an event organiser for about five to six years. She is one of the founding committee members of the Hong Kong Event Professionals Union (HKEPU). The coronavirus hit the economy hard while they were organising the union. As the industry faces unprecedented challenges, HKEPU bears the responsibility to immediately spring to action.
Read MoreKenji Wong, a branding and design specialist, founder of Growthring & Co and has been openly supporting the protest since the beginning. He also participates in local pro-democracy content creation and even spreads those works widely in Japan. See his thoughts on blindly supporting brands based on their political stance and the importance of assessing their quality.
Read MoreBarry is in his 50s, and is working in public relations for an international brand. He married his husband, Fred, in Canada 10 years ago and they have been together for over 20 years. They own a gay bar in SOHO, Hong Kong. Barry has come out to his family, friends and colleagues with one regret. Find out why he regrets not coming out to his mom before she passed away in 2002.
Read MoreAlfred Wong is a cardiologist in a Hong Kong public hospital. In order to protect his family, he moved away to stay in a hotel, and has only seen his wife a few times so far.
Read MoreRWBB is a ‘90s kid born and raised in Hong Kong. He’s currently an office worker and deems himself an otaku. His hobbies are drawing and writing, and in 2013 he made a Facebook page, “RWBB”, to share different facets of life in Hong Kong with netizens.
Read MoreCave Bliss is an Australian in her 40s. Her husband is currently living and working in Hong Kong. Find out how they were swept up in a protest in their neighbourhood and how this experience galvanised their fight alongside HongKongers.
Read MoreYip Yat-chee, a pioneer in analysing current affairs and politics on social media. On his pages “Renegades’ Park” and the self-titled “Yip Yat-chee,” he uses a direct and precise writing style described as “killing without spilling blood” to influence generations of PRN (peaceful, rational, non-violent) readers.
Read MoreBrianna Yip is a Hong Konger is her 20s- 30s. Brianna was born in Canada but grew up in Hong Kong. She now works as a school psychologist in San Francisco. Find out how she is spreading awareness and campaigning support for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement despite being far away from Hong Kong.
Read MoreYou’d think that the kids who are not seriously injured would be able to return home, but they may actually be financially cut off by their parents and locked out of their homes. Some are threatened by their parents with knives at home. In one case, the father even threatened his daughter and said, “I’ll send you to get raped.” There are many more unimaginable cases. We provide safehouses because we want to help the elderly and the young. We don’t have specific expectations to accomplish, but we just want to keep them safe.
Read MoreSports puts the spirit of perseverance on the table, which can bring quite some inspiration and encouragement to Hong Kong. The situation in Hong Kong now is like Watford VS Liverpool in the recent Premier League football match, the relegation-threatened versus the European Champion. And guess what? The bottom feeder defeated the European Champion by 3-0!The only difference is that football matches are closely scheduled so that even if you mess up, you could always try harder next time; yet with us, this might actually be our last chance.
Read MoreI fell in love with Hong Kong one New Year trip many years ago. Because of my fond memories of Hong Kong, it has been incredibly difficult to watch how violence is currently unfolding. Despite the chaos, there have been many incredibly heartwarming moments that were captured on screen—I am glad that this “Hong Kong spirit” is still alive.
Read MoreI overheard a boy, probably six years old, ask his father, “Are there any police? Are we safe here?” How do we tell them that the police, supposedly trained to protect, have become a political tool to wipe us out, their fellow citizens?
Read More‘I'm a Prostitute’ is an interactive story where the sequel is to be written by all Hongkongers. Human talent is the most critical asset; to lose just one is to lose a lot. I hope that each fellow supporter can safely write along with us to the end, to successfully fight for the five demands and democracy, to liberate Hong Kong and restore its old charm, to no longer be subjected to the CCP’s governance and regain freedom.
Read MoreHello, I am a prostitute, or a ‘whore’ if you prefer. I don’t mind either way, since I know that I’m not worthy of love: I have no soul, nor a free will; the only thing left for me is my body in exchange for money.
Read MoreThe time has chosen our generation to fight. We are the chosen ones.
It is destiny that brought us to this troubled time. As the chosen generation, I don’t see this as a sacrifice, but as our obligation to society. As a HongKonger, I am obligated to not only protect my home, but also to defend justice.
Read MoreWe almost gave up because of the deep and unsettling sense of fear, yet a voice within told us to go back without wasting another second. I can’t understand how Hong Kong became such a city... On my way back to CUHK, images of the Tiananmen Square massacre continued to replay in my mind. Was it deja vu, or had I lost my sanity?
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