[Note from the Managing Editor: Stephen Chan, who was scheduled to be the final contributor to our symposium on The Umbrella Movement and Theology, was not able to submit his essay. In his place we have asked the symposium moderator, Justin K.H. Tse, to submit a final...
There isn’t a lot to be thankful for in Hong Kong during this Thanksgiving season. Forgive me for the rhetorical flourish before I wax exegetical, but the Hong Kong police have practically declared war on the people.1 By the “people,” I don’t only mean the...
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. —Martin Luther King Jr., “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” In the course of history, no group of people has ever achieved their freedom without resistance and sacrifice, from...
The Umbrella Movement marks the watershed of the political movement in Hong Kong. This is the first time that the people of Hong Kong have expressed a relatively strong political consciousness, striving for their own destiny no matter whether one says yes or no to the...
