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I was born in Shanghai and moved to Hong Kong the year I was five.
Wong Kar-wai
Year
Hong Kong
Born
Shanghai
Kong
Five
Moved
My films are never about what Hong Kong is like, or anything approaching a realistic portrait, but what I think about Hong Kong and what I want it to be.
Wong Kar-wai
Approaching
Realistic
Think
Films
Hong Kong
About
Never
Like
Kong
Want
Anything
Portrait
I came to Hong Kong when I was five, but we didn't have any relatives in Hong Kong. My mom is a big movie fan, and she watched all kinds of movies, so when I was a kid, basically, we went to watch a movie every day.
Wong Kar-wai
Day
Mom
Every Day
Relatives
Big
Every
Hong Kong
Kid
Kinds
She
Kong
Came
Five
Big Movie
Any
Movie
Fan
Movies
Watch
Watched
Basically
This is what the difference is between Hong Kong and Chinese cinema - Chinese cinema was made for their own communities. It was for propaganda. But Hong Kong made films to entertain, and they know how to communicate with international audiences.
Wong Kar-wai
Communicate
Cinema
Made
Own
Films
Hong Kong
Entertain
Propaganda
Between
Know
Kong
How
Audiences
Difference
Chinese
Communities
International
When I look at 'Fallen Angels,' I realize it is not a film that is truly about Hong Kong. It's more like my Hong Kong fantasy. I want Hong Kong to be quiet, with less people.
Wong Kar-wai
People
Hong Kong
About
Angels
More
Like
Look
Kong
Fallen
Truly
Quiet
Want
Fantasy
Realize
Less
Film
Be realistic and truthful - and tell Hong Kong businessmen honestly that they should go for long-term investments since it is unlikely money can be made in the short haul.
Zhu Rongji
Money
Made
Realistic
Honestly
Hong Kong
Unlikely
Tell
Haul
Investments
Long-Term
Since
Kong
Go
Truthful
Short
Should
Businessmen
I am a pro-democracy activist asking for free elections in Hong Kong.
Joshua Wong
I Am
Free
Hong Kong
Kong
Am
Asking
Elections
Activist
Hong Kong was promised democracy under the framework known as 'one country, two systems,' and China is ignoring this promise. The international community should be more attuned to this. It matters.
Joshua Wong
Democracy
Country
Matters
Community
Hong Kong
Framework
One Country
Systems
Promise
Promised
More
Known
Attuned
Kong
China
Should
Ignoring
International
International Community
Two
Hong Kong people stand in the front line to confront authoritarian suppression.
Joshua Wong
People
Hong Kong
Suppression
Kong
Line
Authoritarian
Front
Front Line
Confront
Stand
We do not want to see a Hong Kong that enjoys freedoms on paper but whose autonomous status conceals the workings of a totalitarian state.
Joshua Wong
Hong Kong
State
Paper
Status
See
Totalitarian
Totalitarian State
Freedoms
Kong
Want
Autonomous
Workings
Whose
Collectively, we must find points of leverage in order to convince China to improve their treatment of Uighurs, Tibetans, and other minority groups, to ensure the autonomy of Hong Kong, and to continue to protect democracy in Taiwan, among other issues.
Joe Sestak
Democracy
Minority
Other
Hong Kong
Ensure
Must
Collectively
Find
Taiwan
Points
Protect
Kong
Issues
Continue
Improve
Order
Autonomy
China
Convince
Groups
Among
Leverage
Treatment
Hong Kong people do not keep silent and I urge people around the world to keep their eyes on Hong Kong and the passion with which people are fighting for basic rights. We never give up and we will not be silenced.
Joshua Wong
Never Give Up
Rights
Eyes
People
World
Passion
Will
Fighting
Hong Kong
Silenced
Silent
Give
Never
Around
Kong
Up
Which
Urge
Keep
Basic
Basic Rights
Hong Kong's government needs to bear most of the responsibility for the Fishball Revolution.
Joshua Wong
Government
Needs
Responsibility
Revolution
Bear
Most
Kong
I'm optimistic Hong Kong will achieve universal suffrage - no matter the attitude of Beijing.
Joshua Wong
Attitude
Matter
Achieve
Will
Hong Kong
Kong
Optimistic
Beijing
Suffrage
Universal
Universal Suffrage
We should, through civic referendums, determine our own pathways and political status after 2047, because in this lies the future of our democratic movement. If Hong Kong could exercise democratic self-governance under the sovereignty of China, it would not be necessary for us to take this step on the path toward independence.
Joshua Wong
Future
Political
Path
Independence
Own
Hong Kong
Our
Status
Would
Lies
Civic
Determine
Could
Through
Take
Step
Toward
Democratic
Because
Exercise
Kong
Political Status
Sovereignty
Movement
After
China
Us
Should
Necessary
Carrie Lam is not the leader elected by people of Hong Kong.
Joshua Wong
People
Leader
Hong Kong
Carrie
Kong
Elected
Detention cells in Hong Kong are not pleasant. In Thailand they are even worse. In Hong Kong you are at least allowed to see your lawyers.
Joshua Wong
You
Hong Kong
Pleasant
Worse
See
Detention
Lawyers
Allowed
Kong
Least
Thailand
Cells
Your
Even
Even Worse
Historically, Hong Kong has served as an important bridge between China and the world. Our freedoms, stability and the rule of law have been the reasons for our success.
Joshua Wong
Success
World
Law
Important
Hong Kong
Our
Rule
Rule Of Law
Between
Freedoms
Kong
Been
Historically
Stability
China
Reasons
Bridge
Served
My generation, the so-called post-'90s generation that came of age after the territory was returned to China, would have the most to lose if Hong Kong were to become like just another mainland Chinese city, where information is not freely shared and the rule of law is ignored.
Joshua Wong
Age
Generation
Law
Become
Lose
Hong Kong
Rule
Rule Of Law
Would
City
My Generation
Shared
Freely
Like
Most
Returned
Another
Territory
Kong
Came
Were
Just
Where
So-Called
After
Information
China
Chinese
Ignored
If Hong Kong could exercise democratic self-governance under the sovereignty of China, it would not be necessary for us to take this step on the path toward independence.
Joshua Wong
Path
Independence
Hong Kong
Would
Could
Take
Step
Toward
Democratic
Exercise
Kong
Sovereignty
China
Us
Necessary
China is dead set on making Hong Kong more like it.
Joshua Wong
Hong Kong
More
Like
Dead
Kong
Making
China
Set
Hong Kong is different to mainland China. We protect our freedoms. We ask for free elections to elect the leader of our city.
Joshua Wong
Free
Leader
Hong Kong
Our
City
Freedoms
Protect
Kong
Different
China
Elect
Ask
Elections
Having grown up under Chinese rule, I don't have any memory of colonial Hong Kong or feel any attachment to it.
Joshua Wong
Memory
Hong Kong
Rule
Having
Colonial
Attachment
Feel
Kong
Up
Any
Chinese
Grown
Grown-Up
Hong Kong is the city with the highest degree of freedom of all the Chinese territories.
Joshua Wong
Freedom
Degree
Hong Kong
City
Highest
Highest Degree
Territories
Kong
Chinese
We want Hongkongers to decide the future of Hong Kong.
Joshua Wong
Future
Hong Kong
Kong
Want
Decide
I hope Hong Kong isn't just named Hong Kong but it can still be the Hong Kong we desire.
Joshua Wong
Hope
Hong Kong
Named
Kong
Still
Just
Desire
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