Democracy as an Identity in Hong Kong

In the evening of July 1, 2022, a number of the exhibits in Victoria Park celebrating the 25th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong were blown down, leaving only the banner with words "Hong Kong" lying on the pedestal. Yan Wu/The Epoch Times

Commentary

Not all Hongkongers celebrate the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to mainland China on July 1. Some prefer the Hong Kong Festival on Jan. 26, the day that marked the beginning of British rule as the British navy landed on Hong Kong island in 1841. The tenth Hong Kong Festival, held this year in the U.K., celebrated the 182nd anniversary of the opening of Hong Kong. My two friends, Chung Kim-wah, Benson Wong, and I, representing Citizens of Our Time Learning Hub, an education platform for Hongkongers, held a talk on “What is Hong Kong?”