“Agnes Chow”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Agnes Chow Ting ({{zh-t|周庭}}; born 3 December 1996) is a Hong Kong social activist. She is the member of the Standing Committee of Demosistō and former spokesperson of Scholarism. Initially a candidate supported by the Pro-democracy camp for the 2018 Hong Kong Island by-election, she was barred from running based on her party's stance on advocating democratic self-determination.

Early activism

She first came to spotlight in the anti-Moral and National Education movement as the spokesman of student activist group Scholarism in 2012. She was a Form 6 student at the Holy Family Canossian College and protested against the implementation of the Moral and National Education scheme which they deemed as "brainwashing". The movement successfully drew thousands of protesters gathered in front of the Central Government Complex which led to the backdown of the government in September 2012.^[1]

After the Moral and National Education, Chow and other activists of Scholarism including Joshua Wong and Ivan Lam continued their involvement in social and political movements, notably the 2014 Hong Kong electoral reform. Chow was one of the leaders in the class boycott campaign against the restrictive electoral framework set by the National People's Congress Standing Committee on the 2017 Chief Executive election, which led to the massive Occupy protests dubbed the "Umbrella Revolution". During the occupation, Chow announced her stepping out of the politics by resigning as spokesperson of Scholarism, citing the "heavy pressure" and "extreme confusion and fatigue" she was facing.^[2]

Demosistō

In April 2016, she was among one of the founding members of Demosistō with other former student leaders in the Occupy protests and was the first deputy secretary-general of the party from 2016 to 2017. She campaigned with party chairman Nathan Law in the 2016 Legislative Council election, in which the latter was elected as the youngest member of the Legislative Council in history. In 2017, she participated in the protest during the Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping, in which they covered the Golden Bauhinia statue with banners. She was arrested along with Demosistō chairman Nathan Law and secretary-general Joshua Wong.^[3]

After Nathan Law was ejected from the Legislative Council over the oath-taking controversy in July 2017 and sentenced to imprisonment in August at same year, which barred Law from being candidate of public offices for 5 years, Chow became Demosistō's candidate in the 2018 Hong Kong Island by-election.^[4] In order to be qualified for running, she gave up her British citizenship. On 27 January 2018, her candidacy was disqualified by the Electoral Affairs Commission on the basis of that she "cannot possibly comply with the requirements of the relevant electoral laws, since advocating or promoting 'self-determination' is contrary to the content of the declaration that the law requires a candidate to make to uphold the Basic Law and pledge allegiance to the [Hong Kong Special Administrative Region]."^[5]^[6] Several legal experts expressed misgivings about the decision, leading Chief Executive Carrie Lam to comment that "any suggestion of Hong Kong independence, self-determination, independence as a choice or self-autonomy is not in line with Basic Law requirements and deviates from the important principle of 'one country two systems.'"^[7] Were Chow elected, she would have been the youngest lawmaker in Hong Kong history.^[8]

References

1. ^{{cite news|url=http://varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk/index.php/2013/11/liberal-studies-politcal-participation/|title=Study and Society|date=14 November 2013|work=Varsity}}
2. ^{{cite news|title=Interview: Scholarism’s Agnes Chow urges Hongkongers to adopt new solutions in fight for democracy|url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/27/interview-scholarisms-agnes-chow-urges-hongkongers-to-adopt-new-solutions-in-fight-for-democracy/|date=27 September 2015|work=Hong Kong Free Press}}
3. ^{{cite news|title=Hong Kong police arrest democracy activists ahead of Xi Jinping visit|date=28 June 2017|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/28/joshua-wong-nathan-law-arrested-ahead-of-xi-jinping-hk-handover-visit.html|work=CNBC}}
4. ^{{cite news|title=周庭出戰港島補選！　「學民女神」有望成最年輕立法會議員|date=2017-11-10|url=https://www.hk01.com/%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E/131500/%E5%91%A8%E5%BA%AD%E5%87%BA%E6%88%B0%E6%B8%AF%E5%B3%B6%E8%A3%9C%E9%81%B8-%E5%AD%B8%E6%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E7%A5%9E-%E6%9C%89%E6%9C%9B%E6%88%90%E6%9C%80%E5%B9%B4%E8%BC%95%E7%AB%8B%E6%B3%95%E6%9C%83%E8%AD%B0%E5%93%A1|work=HK01}}
5. ^{{cite news|title=Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow banned from Legco by-election|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2130714/hong-kong-activist-agnes-chow-banned-legco-election|date=27 January 2018|newspaper=South China Morning Post}}
6. ^Tom Phillips, [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/27/hong-kong-authorities-block-pro-democracy-candidate-from-byelection "Hong Kong authorities block pro-democracy candidate from byelection"], The Guardian, 27 January 2018 (page visited on 27 January 2018).
7. ^Kimmy Chung, Tony Cheung, "Political storm in Hong Kong as activist Agnes Chow banned from by-election over party’s call for city’s 'self-determination'." Additional reporting by Emily Tsang. South China Morning Post. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
8. ^[https://medium.com/shanghaiist/hong-kong-pro-democracy-activist-agnes-chow-banned-from-march-by-election-faab4986056 "Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow banned from March by-election."] Shanghaiist on Medium. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.