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Heart and Soul: The Right Thing: Joshua Wong: Standing up to a superpower

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Josgua Wong - Hong Kong pro-democracy activist

01/05/2020 GMT

Joshua Wong: Standing up to a superpower

The Right Thing

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Joshua Wong on what he sees as the right thing in his fight against Beijing’s influence

Joshua Wong on what he sees as the right thing in his fight against Beijing’s influence in Hong Kong, despite the personal hardship involved.

Joshua Wong has been the poster boy of the Hong Kong democracy movement for over five years, despite being only 23 years old. An evangelical Christian, he continues to do what he sees as the right thing in his fight against Beijing’s influence, despite the personal hardship involved. Mike Wooldridge hears from Joshua, and about concerns in the Hong Kong church around the actions of some of his followers.

(Photo: Joushua Wong)

Heart and Soul: The Right Thing

Powerful stories of people making some of the most difficult choices imaginable.

Mike Wooldridge returns with a new series featuring powerful stories of people who have had to make some of the most difficult choices imaginable in order to do what they felt was the right thing. His guests include Ibrahima Ndiaye, a Senegalese Sufi Muslim whose wife gave birth to conjoined twins, and the Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong who looks to his Christian faith for inspiration.

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