2019 in Review: Hong Kong’s Last Fight for Freedom

2019 in Review: Hong Kong’s Last Fight for Freedom
Protesters take part in a rally to support nonprofit Spark Alliance in a rally at Edinburgh Place in Hong Kong on Dec. 23, 2019. Sung Pi-lung/The Epoch Times
Annie Wu
Updated:

HONG KONG—When protests aren’t unfolding on the streets of Hong Kong, the city marches on: people walking to their destinations, hawkers selling their wares, vehicles shuttling passengers to and fro.

But in nearly every neighborhood, there remains graffiti, posters, and stickers—left on sidewalks, walls, skybridges, lamp posts, and storefronts—declaring rebellion, a yearning for freedom, and anger at what protesters view as the brutality of police and the broken government that has endorsed their power.

Annie Wu
Annie Wu
Author
Annie Wu joined the full-time staff at the Epoch Times in July 2014. That year, she won a first-place award from the New York Press Association for best spot news coverage. She is a graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
twitter
Related Topics