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OverviewA timely manifesto on freedom from Hong Kong's leading pro-democracy activist, Nathan Law, a Nobel Prize nominee In this dispatch from exile, Hong Kong political activist Nathan Law explores the meaning of freedom--and shows how easily freedoms can be eroded or dismantled. Freedom is fragile--it is not a given, and each generation must fight to protect it, whether in emerging democracies or in the Western world, where freedom is too often taken for granted. Law sets out to prove the value of what we take to be inherently bestowed upon us as human beings, and to expose the Chinese government as it barricades its citizens from enjoying freedom. He lays out how the government controls what people know and are allowed to think, suppresses the truth, and undermines democratic processes by censoring its own members. If freedom is a basic human right, then why were lawyers, journalists, and activists being jailed, and why has Nathan Law been labeled a wanted fugitive? Rooted in his own experience as a former elected official and student leader of the Umbrella Movement, Law explores not just how important freedom is in principle for human beings to thrive, but how it is put into practice. What does it mean to be able to speak freely, and what happens when the concept collapses? How can the law both protect and abolish our freedoms? And why should we place such importance on free and fair elections? What does it mean to be truly free? Nathan Law has worked tirelessly to apply pressure in order to reshape freedom in Hong Kong, because it is with freedom that we'll live as we're meant to be. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nathan Law , Daniel York Loh , Evan FowlerPublisher: Blackstone Publishing Imprint: Blackstone Publishing Dimensions: Width: 13.40cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 17.00cm Weight: 0.091kg ISBN: 9798200893416Publication Date: 08 March 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews"An essential and timely read, warning policymakers, advocates, and all people of the erosion to freedom happening before our eyes and equipping us to combat this challenge. -- ""Speaker Nancy Pelosi"" We must all continue to speak up and stand up for Nathan Law and for those who fight for freedom in Hong Kong. -- ""Time magazine, ""The 100 Most Influential People of 2020""""" An essential and timely read, warning policymakers, advocates, and all people of the erosion to freedom happening before our eyes and equipping us to combat this challenge. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi We must all continue to speak up and stand up for Nathan Law and for those who fight for freedom in Hong Kong. -- Time magazine, The 100 Most Influential People of 2020 Author InformationNathan Law is a pro-democracy activist and has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. He lives in London. Daniel York Loh is a mixed-race British East Asian actor, writer, filmmaker and musician. His first full-length play, The Fu Manchu Complex, ran at Ovalhouse in 2013. Along with composer Craig Adams, he won the 2016 Perfect Pitch award to create an original stage musical, Sinking Water, based on events around the 2004 Morecambe Bay Chinese cockle-picker tragedy, which is currently being developed under commission by Theatre Royal Stratford East. He is one of 21 writers of colour featured in the collection of essays, The Good Immigrant, which won the 2016 Books Are My Bag Reader's Choice award. He has served on the Equity Minority Ethnic Members Committee, is a founder member of British East Asian Artists and has worked with Act For Change to promote diversity in UK media. Evan Fowler is a writer and researcher focusing on Hong Kong and China affairs. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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