David v. Goliath: Strategies of the Hong Kong Protest—Benny Tai

Jan Jekielek

Senior Editor

Jan Jekielek is a senior editor with The Epoch Times, host of the show “American Thought Leaders.” Jan’s career has spanned academia, international human rights work, and now for almost two decades, media. He has interviewed nearly a thousand thought leaders on camera, and specializes in long-form discussions challenging the grand narratives of our time. He’s also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producing “The Unseen Crisis,” “DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns,” and “Finding Manny.”

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December 8, 2019Updated: December 24, 2019

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In the eyes of legal scholar and activist Dr. Benny Tai, why was Hong Kong’s 2014 Umbrella Movement a big success, even though it did not achieve its goals?

How has the pro-democracy movement evolved over the years and become smarter in its approach?

And why does Benny see the situation in Hong Kong as part of a new cold war?

This is American Thought Leaders ??, and I’m Jan Jekielek.

In this episode, we’ll sit down with pro-democracy activist Benny Tai, an associate law professor at the University of Hong Kong focusing on constitutional law, who was one of the co-founders of the Occupy Central With Love and Peace campaign in 2014.

American Thought Leaders is an Epoch Times show available on Facebook and YouTube.