Hong Kong: Joshua Wong was the unlikely hero who helped lead a movement that inspired hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers to take over the city’s streets for two months in 2014 calling for fully free elections.
Scrawny, with gaunt features and a studious frown, the then 17-year-old spearheaded the mass “Umbrella Movement” protests, which were a reaction to restrictions from Beijing on how Hong Kong’s next leader would be chosen.
