Joshua Wong on the Struggle for Hong Kong and the Future of 'Greater China'
Hidden Forces
Demetri Kofinas
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2019
⏱️ 21 minutes
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In this timely Interview, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Hong Kong activist and politician Joshua Wong, who is often referred to by media outlets and the international press as the "leader of the Hong Kong protests." Joshua shares information about the latest developments on the ground, including ongoing efforts by Beijing and the Hong Kong government to put a stop to the pro-democracy movements and restore order in the coastal territory.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up everybody? It is early morning hours on Sunday, July 7th here in New York City. |
| 0:08.0 | I just wrapped up an interview with activist and pro-democracy demonstrator Joshua Wong. |
| 0:15.0 | Joshua is a truly exceptional individual and under different circumstances |
| 0:22.0 | I would have used this opportunity to really get to know him and try and understand what drives someone at the age of 14, when he started his activism and got over 100,000 people to rally alongside |
| 0:39.4 | him successfully, I might add, what drives someone to do that? |
| 0:45.0 | It's remarkable. |
| 0:46.6 | And I'd recommend you guys check out some of his videos online speaking at rallies. |
| 0:52.1 | It's hard not to be inspired by this guy's passion. |
| 0:55.8 | He's 22 now and he's been in and out of prison the last couple of years and he was recently |
| 1:02.0 | released a few weeks ago for his involvement in events related |
| 1:06.4 | to the umbrella movement of 2014, which we covered in one of our most recent episodes with |
| 1:12.2 | Ho-Fung, |
| 1:13.4 | episode 92, which I would highly recommend |
| 1:16.8 | you listen to if you want some background |
| 1:18.8 | on what's been going on in Hong Kong |
| 1:20.7 | and the recent extradition bill. |
| 1:23.0 | Anyway, we had a limited amount of time for this interview. |
| 1:26.0 | It was also a remote interview that we did over Skype and |
| 1:30.0 | as regular listeners know, I normally do all my recordings in person as hour-long conversations |
| 1:37.8 | where we really have a chance to go deep. In this case, that wasn't possible, so instead I wanted to make the most of the opportunity to speak with someone |
| 1:48.0 | who is so directly associated with this really powerful movement in Hong Kong. |
| 1:55.6 | And let me just say that besides the fact that Joshua is such an interesting and important |
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