Expat Hong Kongers rally on 'Keyboard Frontline'


Kwong played a key role in the Umbrella Movement in 2014 during which a video in which she asked for international support garnered over a million views. — AFP

Video messages featuring young Hong Kongers reciting what could be their last words before joining a protest are filling up the inbox of Glacier Kwong, a digital rights activist based in Germany.

Outside China's Internet controls, this veteran of the pro-democracy movement works late into the night from her home in Hamburg, offering practical support for protesters on the other side of the world.

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