Joshua Wong turns 18, wishes for Beijing to retract decision on Hong Kong’s 2017 elections

Joshua Wong, one of the masterminds behind the current pro-democracy protests, turned 18 today.

Of course, being the teenage political activist superstar that he is, his birthday wishes were not what you’d expect from a regular kid on the cusp of adulthood. On his Facebook page, he wished for three things:

1. Peace to his family, his girlfriend, his classmates and his comrade-in-arms [in the fight for democracy]

2. That the Occupy movement can have enough determination to fight on

3. That Beijing revoke its decision on Hong Kong’s 2017 chief executive elections

 

Check out our interview with Joshua Wong from two weeks ago:

Photo: Laurel Chor/Coconuts Media



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