Chin Wan

Chin Wan
陳云根
Chin Wan in 2012
Born (1961-11-08) 8 November 1961 (age 63)
Hong Kong
NationalityHan
Alma materChinese University of Hong Kong
University of Göttingen
Occupation(s)Scholar and writer
Notable workOn the Hong Kong City-State series
MovementHong Kong Resurgence Order
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳云根
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationChàhn Wàhn gān
JyutpingCan4 Wan4 gan1
Chin Wan
Traditional Chinese陳雲
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationChàhn Wàhn
JyutpingCan4 Wan4
WebsiteChin Wan on Facebook

Horace Chin Wan-kan (born 8 November 1961), better known by his pen name Chin Wan, is a Hong Kong scholar advocating localism, best known for his publications On the Hong Kong City-State series. He is the founder and leader of the Hong Kong Resurgence Order and is the ideological leader of the "Hong Kong Autonomy Movement,"[1] dubbed as the "godfather of localism" in Hong Kong.[2] Until mid-2016, Chin was an assistant professor at the Department of Chinese of Lingnan University.[3]

  1. ^ Nao (21 October 2014). "No buses are due on Nathan road – Mong Kok occupation 2.0 weekend sum-up". libcom.org.
  2. ^ "Localism: Why is support for the political perspective growing - and who's behind it?". Time Out Magazine. 1 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  3. ^ "'First academic casualty after Occupy': Lingnan Uni refuses to renew contract of radical professor". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. 14 April 2016.