Hongkongers' fight for freedom : : voices from the 2019 anti-extradition movement / / Nam Kiu Tsing.

• Superior document: Studies in Critical Social Sciences Series ; v.255
• VerfasserIn: Tsing, Nam Kiu,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill nv,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 pages)

Hongkongers' Fight for Freedom: Voices from the 2019 Anti-extradition Movement documents this momentous episode through the voices of its participants. It explains why normally acquiescent Hongkongers joined the Movement en masse, and it conveys the emotions and sense of identity that emerged.

Table of Contents

Front Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Author Statement -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1 The Prelude -- 1 The Story of a Secondary School Student -- Part 1 The Study -- Chapter 2 Motivations for Participation -- 1 To Stop the Amendments -- 2 Anger and Shock Mobilised Actions -- Chapter 3 The Movement of No Return -- 1 The Tragic Night of 7.21: No Rioters without a Tyrannical Regime -- 2 To Resist by Any Means Necessary -- Chapter 4 Be Water: Dying for the Political Demands -- 1 "No Central Stage": Each Finds His or Her Own Role in the Movement -- 2 Be Water: Ever-Changing Positions -- Chapter 5 Radiating the Movement: Multiple Roles of Backup Support -- 1 We Provide Supplies to Save Our Children -- 2 We Are Drivers Covering the Young People to Leave the Scene -- 3 Using Social Media for Advocating: We Are People's Reporters -- 4 We Are Here to Accompany the Young People -- 5 We Provide Legal Assistance and Do Fundraising -- Chapter 6 "Hong Kong" vs "Mainland China": Identity and Resistance -- 1 Foundation of Identity: Political and Social Values -- 2 Rejecting Immigrants and Tourists from China and Objecting to Profit Transfer to China -- 3 Between Chinese and Hong Kong Identity -- 4 "Today's Xinjiang, Tomorrow's Hong Kong" -- Chapter 7 What It Means -- 1 Political Motivation -- 2 Radicalisation of the Movement and Changes in Participants' Roles -- 3 Emotions and Feelings Driving the Movement -- 4 Lest We Forget -- Part 2 The Stories -- Chapter 8 Brick, a University Graduate: "Since Then, the Fights Defined Me" -- Chapter 9 Streambreaker at Seventeen: "If You Ask Me What Has Been Sacrificed … It's Probably My Future" -- Chapter 10 Loafer and His Brother Were Arrested: "From That Day On, We Became a Family of 'Martyrs'".

Chapter 11 Henry: "As a Hongkonger, I Did What I Had to Do" -- Chapter 12 Elsa: "How a Guardian for Kids Ended Up in Handcuffs" -- 1 Before All This Came About -- 2 It All Began with Protecting Our Kids -- 3 First Successful Mediation -- 4 Building Team Spirit and Rapport -- 5 The Single 'Pig-Mouth' Upgraded -- 6 Tears on the Battlefield -- 7 The Battle of the Chinese University -- 8 The Battle of the Polytechnic University -- 9 Walking Together to the End -- Chapter 13 Lessons from Hong Kong -- 1 The Changed Face of Hong Kong -- 1.1 The Judicial System -- 1.2 The Media and Freedom of Expression -- 1.3 The Shrinking of Civil Society -- 1.4 Censorship and CCP Propaganda -- 2 The Iron Fist Closing on a Recalcitrant "New, Young Nation" -- 2.1 "Society of Social Movements" (Lee, 2021, p. 1) -- 2.2 Localism in the Protest Culture -- 2.3 "Hong Kong" vs "Chinese" -- 3 The 2019 Hong Kong Protests and the Changing World Order -- 4 Actors or Pawns in History? -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.