Liberate Hong Kong | liberate hong kong
HongKongpoliticalsloganAflagwiththesloganatananti-extraditionbillprotest"LiberateHongKong,revolutionofourtimes"(Chinese:光復香港,時代革命;alsotranslatedvariously)isasloganusedbysocialmovementsinHongKong.Thesloganwasfirstusedin2016byHongKongIndigenousspokesmanEdwardLeungashiscampaignthemeandsloganforthe2016NewTerritoriesEastby-election.Heemphasisedthatanyonecouldtakepartininnovationandchangeregardlessofage,hencetheuseofthephrase"revolutionofourtimes".Inthelegislativeelectionheldlaterthatyear...
Hong Kong political slogan
A flag with the slogan at an anti-extradition bill protest"Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times" (Chinese: 光復香港,時代革命; also translated variously) is a slogan used by social movements in Hong Kong. The slogan was first used in 2016 by Hong Kong Indigenous spokesman Edward Leung as his campaign theme and slogan for the 2016 New Territories East by-election. He emphasised that anyone could take part in innovation and change regardless of age, hence the use of the phrase "revolution of our times". In the legislative election held later that year, Youngspiration, which was cooperating with Hong Kong Indigenous as Leung was banned from running by the Electoral Affairs Commission, also used the slogan for their campaign.
The slogan underwent a resurgence in 2019 as Hongkongers started using it for the protests against Hong Kongs extradition bill, leading to international attention. Annie Zhang, the former editor in chief of Initium Media, sai...