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HARDtalk: Joshua Wong, secretary general of Demosisto Party, Hong Kong

Hong Kong activist optimistic for democracy

14/03/2017

Joshua Wong, secretary general of Demosisto Party, Hong Kong

BBC News Channel - HARDtalk, Joshua Wong, secretary general of Demosisto Party, Hong Kong

Joshua Wong, a leader of the pro-democracy protests that swept Hong Kong in 2014.

Stephen Sackur talks to Joshua Wong, a leader of the so-called umbrella pro-democracy protests that swept Hong Kong in 2014.

Stephen Sackur speaks to Joshua Wong, a leader of the so-called umbrella pro-democracy protests that swept Hong Kong in 2014. 

Later this month a new chief executive will be voted into office in Hong Kong. Elected by members of the territory's economic and political elite and tied closely to the Beijing government, activists are calling for universal suffrage in the territory instead. Has Beijing managed to neutralise Hong Kong's youthful rebels?

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