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Face of Democracy: 17-Year-Old Takes on Beijing as Student Leader of Hong Kong Protests

By Bridget Johnson 7:30 AM on October 01, 2014

When Joshua Wong was just 15 years old, he led a fight against state efforts to pump Chinese government “patriotic education” classes into his school. Now 17, he is a leader of hundreds of thousands of protesters flooding the streets of Hong Kong. The Wall Street Journal has more on this brave young man, it tells a story as well to show his journey through social media.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bridget Johnson
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Bridget Johnson is a veteran journalist whose news articles and analyses have run in dozens of news outlets across the globe. Bridget first came to Washington to be online editor at The Hill, where she wrote The World from The Hill column on foreign policy. Previously she was an opinion writer and editorial board member at the Rocky Mountain News and nation/world news columnist at the Los Angeles Daily News.

Bridget is a Senior Fellow specializing in terrorism analysis at the Haym Salomon Center. She is a Senior Risk Analyst for Gate 15, a homeland security risk management firm in the Beltway. She is an NPR contributor and has contributed to USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, National Review Online, Politico, New York Daily News, The Jerusalem Post, The Hill, New York Observer, Washington Times, RealClearWorld and more, and has myriad television and radio credits including Al-Jazeera and SiriusXM. Bridget is Washington Editor for PJ Media.
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