Hong Kong Activist Pleads Guilty to Foreign Collusion

Is Joshua Wong a political prisoner of Beijing's crackdown or a foreign interference agent prosecuted through legitimate courts?

7 days ago·Updated 6 days ago

Hong Kong Activist Pleads Guilty to Foreign Collusion

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Above: As a photo of Joshua Wong is on display in the background, U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) testifies at Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Feb. 3, 2022. Image credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

The Spin

Joshua Wong is a political prisoner — Beijing's crackdown on Hong Kong has turned peaceful advocacy into a life sentence. Demanding democratic freedoms shouldn't land someone behind bars for decades, yet Wong now faces life imprisonment for doing exactly that. The U.S., Britain and other democracies must keep pressing China to release Wong and all Hong Kong political prisoners.

Iain Duncan Smith MP Chingford & Woodford Green on X

Freedom House on X

The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation on X

Wong lobbied foreign governments to sanction Hong Kong officials, pressured companies to cut business ties and urged nations to strip Hong Kong of its trade status. These weren't acts of peaceful dissent but coordinated campaigns to invite foreign interference in China's internal affairs. Hong Kong's courts, which rank highly in international legal standings, handled this case through a legitimate legal process.

Andy Boreham on X South China Morning Post

Metaculus Prediction

There's a 50% chance that Hong Kong will stop being a Special Administrative Region of China before March 2047, according to the Metaculus prediction community.