One of the best-known faces of the city’s protest movements, Chow disappeared from the spotlight in June 2021 after serving a 10-month sentence over an unauthorised assembly in 2019.
Hong Kong’s security police last year issued arrest warrants for 13 overseas Hong Kong activists, including Chow, and placed HK$1 million dollar bounties on each of their heads, accusing them of violating the Beijing-imposed security law.
My partner is a refugee because she criticized her government on Facebook. Really has opened my eyes to the ways in which life could be a lot worse. I’m grateful that that can’t happen here (USA), though I worry about the future.