Agnes Chow

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Chow (周). In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Agnes Chow and the Chinese-style name is Chow Ting.

Agnes Chow
周庭
Chow in 2019
Personal details
Born
Chow Ting[1]

(1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 (age 27)
British Hong Kong
Nationality
Political partyDemosisto (2016–2020)
EducationHoly Family Canossian College [zh]
Hong Kong Baptist University
University of Toronto
OccupationStudent, Politician
Known forSpokesperson for Scholarism;
co-founder of Demosistō
Nickname(s)"Mulan of Hong Kong"[2]
"Real Mulan"[3]
"Goddess of Scholarism"[4]
"Goddess of Democracy"[5][6]
"Goddess of Student Movement"[7][8]
Chinese name
Chinese周庭
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōu Tíng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingZau1 Ting4

Agnes Chow Ting (Chinese: 周庭; born 3 December 1996) is a Hong Kong politician and social activist. She is a former member of the Standing Committee of Demosisto and former spokesperson of Scholarism. Her candidacy for the 2018 Hong Kong Island by-election, supported by the pro-democracy camp, was blocked by authorities, due to her party's advocacy of self-determination for Hong Kong.[9] She was arrested in August 2019, during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, for her role in a protest at police headquarters two months earlier, and sentenced to 10 months in jail in December 2020. She was again arrested for the National Security charge of 'collusion with foreign forces' in August 2020, albeit released on bail the day after. After her early release in June 2021, she made no public announcements until December 2023, when she wrote on social media that she had already moved to Canada in September that year to study for a master's degree at a university in Toronto, and decided to go into exile.

  1. ^ "Summary of Judicial Decision - Chow Ting ("the Petitioner") v Teng Yu-Yan, Anne (Returning Officer for the Hong Kong Island Geographical Constituency) ("Returning Officer") & Au Nok-hin HCAL 804/2018; [2019] HKCFI 2135" (PDF). Department of Justice. 2 September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  2. ^ Sarkar, Alisha Rahaman (4 December 2019). "Agnes Chow: 'Mulan of Hong Kong' refuses to return from Canada for date with police". The Independent. Toronto. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Agnes Chow: Hong Kong activist hailed as the 'real Mulan'". BBC News. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  4. ^ ""一辈子不会回去了"：香港民主活动人士周庭宣布流亡加拿大" ["Never go back again': Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow announces the exile in Canada] (in Simplified Chinese). Washington, D.C.: Voice of America. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Goddess of Democracy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Tokyo Voice was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "香港學運女神周庭FB發布甜美學士照 宣告：「我大學畢業啦」" [Goddess of Hong Kong Student Movement posted a sweet bachelor's photo on her Facebook to announce: "I have graduated from university."]. Apple Daily (Taiwan) (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong. 19 November 2020. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  8. ^ "香港「學運女神」周庭出獄了！ 民眾冒雨集結高呼「加油」" [Hong Kong "goddess of student movement" Agnes Chow is released from prison! People gathered in the rain to cheer for her]. Liberty Times (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Taipei. Associated Press. 12 June 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Hong Kong bars pro-democracy activist from standing for election". thestar.com. 27 January 2018. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.