Hong Kong Protests: Who’s Who
Information on some key actors in the current events: Leung Chun-ying, Andy Tsang, Zhang Xiaoming, Benny Tai, and Joshua Wong.
“Hong Kong Protests: Who’s Who,” China Real Time Report (中国实时报), Wall Street Journal, 30 September 2014.
The main characters in the tussle over Hong Kong democracy:
Leung Chun-ying
Hong Kong’s chief executive, 60
Mr. Leung, the son of a policeman, became Hong Kong’s third chief executive in 2012. Protesters and leaders in the pro-democracy camp have called for his resignation, saying he hasn’t taken residents’ wishes for free elections into account in the process for reforming how the city elects its leader. …
