Hongkongers' international front: diaspora activism during and after the 2019 anti-extradition protest/
Ming-Sho Ho
- 2024
The flare-up of protest over Hong Kong's anti-extradition bill amendment in 2019 gave rise to a global wave of organizing among the city's overseas diaspora of students and migrants. This articles examines the diaspora's pro-democracy campaign. Campaigners sheltered fleeing refugees, with the diaspora activism evolving into a global resistance against China's authoritarian expansion. Their efforts were frustrated by growing political polarization in Western democracies.