63-Year-Old ‘Angel’ in Exile Continues to Speak up for Hong Kong

Elsa Chan carrying a hand-made “Eliminate the CCP” banner to a rally, celebrating four hundred million Chinese quitting the Communist Party in Vancouver on Aug. 20, 2022. (Right) Elsa Chan calls for all political prisoners to be freed in Vancouver on Sept. 18, 2022. Hugo Zhao/The Epoch Times; Courtesy of Elsa Chan

Elsa Chan, a 63-year-old who calls herself an ordinary housewife, is doing what she can to stand up for Hong Kong. During the anti-extradition movement, she walked alongside young Hongkongers protesting in the streets, now exiled in Vancouver, she continues to speak up for Hong Kong.

When Chan had to leave her beloved home city, one of the things she felt the hardest to leave behind Hongkongers with whom she fought for freedom together.