Scholarism

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Scholarism ( Chinese  學 民 思潮 ) was a student movement founded in 2011 by high school students Joshua Wong and Ivan Lam Long-yin as a reaction to the planned introduction of the school subject "Moral and National Education" and led by Joshua Wong.

The group gained widespread international attention through their participation in the 2014 Hong Kong protests . After the movement disbanded in March 2016, several key figures joined the movement, the new Demosistō party founded by Joshua Wong .

Protests

Scholarism and other protesters outside the government building in Tamar, Hong Kong. (Sept. 7, 2012)

Planned change in curriculum "Moral and National Education"

In response to the planned introduction of a new compulsory subject, "Moral and National Education," Scholarism was founded by high school students Joshua Wong and Ivan Lam Long-yin in 2011 and is considered the first movement against these government plans.

Members of the group protested outside the government building. 70 members occupied the area in front of it, 3 of whom started a hunger strike that lasted several days to get the government to abandon the planned change in the curriculum.

The group gained media attention for the first time.

After the number of protesters in front of the Hong Kong administration, supported by other groups, reached 120,000, the government decided not to take the new compulsory subject.

Hong Kong Protests 2014

When it was returned to China in 1997, Hong Kong citizens were offered free elections in 2017. Until then, since 1997, Hong Kong election committees have been elected every five years.

In June 2014, Scholarism published a plan to reform Hong Kong's electoral system . At the end of August 2014, the National People's Congress in Beijing passed a resolution that in future a 1200-strong Chinese committee will preselect the candidates for the election of Hong Kong's head of administration before the people of Hong Kong can vote directly on the people.

This led to protests lasting several months at the end of September, in which, in addition to Scholarism, the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKUSU) and the civil rights movement Occupy Central with Love and Peace also took part. Parts of the financial and administrative districts of Central and Admiralty , the access to the seat of government and parts of Mongkok and Causeway Bay were occupied. Scholarism itself called for the free direct election of the next local head of government and the resignation of the current incumbent Leung Chun-ying .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ South China Morning Post - Scholarism's Joshua Wong embodies anti-national education body's energy. Retrieved October 8, 2014 .
  2. ^ A b South China Morning Post - Liberal studies subject molds new generation of socially aware youth. Retrieved October 8, 2014 .
  3. ↑ YAHOO News - 70 多名 學 民 思潮 成員 政 總 外 紮營 請願. Retrieved October 8, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Tages Anzeiger - A 17-year-old challenges Beijing. Retrieved October 8, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Frank Sieren : Own goal. In: Deutsche Welle. June 30, 2014, accessed October 3, 2014 .
  6. ↑ a b Markus Ackeret: Popular election in a tight corset. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . August 31, 2014, accessed October 3, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Hong Kong's election campaign without the electorate. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . March 23, 2012, accessed October 3, 2014 .
  8. ↑ CNN: Echoing Tiananmen, 17-year-old Hong Kong student prepares for democracy battle , September 28, 2014
  9. ↑ TIME - 6 Questions You Might Have About Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution. Retrieved October 8, 2014 .
  10. ^ Erning Zhu: What does "Occupy-Central" want? In: Deutsche Welle. September 29, 2014, accessed October 3, 2014 .
  11. ↑ NWZ Online - 17-year-old scares Beijing. Retrieved October 8, 2014 .