Agnes Chow
Hong Kong politician and social activist (born 1996) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Agnes Chow Ting (Chinese: 周庭; born 3 December 1996) is a Hong Kong politician and social activist. She is a former member of the Standing Committee of Demosisto and former spokesperson of Scholarism. Her candidacy for the 2018 Hong Kong Island by-election, supported by the pro-democracy camp, was blocked by authorities, due to her party's advocacy of self-determination and independence for Hong Kong.[9] She was arrested in August 2019, during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, for her role in a protest at police headquarters two months earlier, and sentenced to 10 months in jail in December 2020. She was again arrested for the National Security charge of 'collusion with foreign forces' in August 2020, albeit released on bail the day after. After her early release in June 2021, she made no public announcements until December 2023, when she wrote on social media that she had already moved to Canada in September that year to study for a master's degree at a university in Toronto, and decided to go into exile.
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周庭 | |||||||||||
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Born | Chow Ting[1] (1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 (age 27) British Hong Kong | ||||||||||
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Political party | Demosisto (2016–2020) | ||||||||||
Education | Holy Family Canossian College [zh] Hong Kong Baptist University University of Toronto | ||||||||||
Occupation | Student, Politician | ||||||||||
Known for | Spokesperson for Scholarism; co-founder of Demosistō | ||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Mulan of Hong Kong"[2] "Real Mulan"[3] "Goddess of Scholarism"[4] "Goddess of Democracy"[5][6] "Goddess of Student Movement"[7][8] | ||||||||||
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Chinese | 周庭 | ||||||||||
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