Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower Page #2

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If the government didn't push

for National Education,

I wouldn't ask people to join us

and there wouldn't be these interviews.

Allowing the Communist Party to create

our curriculum is a huge problem.

The attitude of the police forces

is quite negative towards the activists.

The policemen will come

and ask a lot of questions.

Which organization are you from?

We are an organization called Scholarism.

You aren't going to have a rally here?

No, we definitely won't.

Of course our regime and government

try to scare us

from not joining social movement.

But I think, as an activist,

one of the things

which is very important for us

is not to be scared.

You don't have to surround us

with so many officers.

We're here every day.

We'll leave if nothing's happening.

It's cool. Continue.

It's really ridiculous for the policemen

to come and tell the activists that,

"We want to protect you.

That's why we keep our eyes on you."

Because what they want

to do is just protect the ruling class

instead of the grassroots in Hong Kong.

Defend freedom of thought!

Withdraw National Education!

Today we've successfully occupied

government headquarters.

We have over 100 Scholarism members,

citizens and volunteers gathered here.

What we're fighting for

is plain and simple.

We hope that the next generation

will have freedom.

Do you worry

about the police using force?

The police do not need to use force.

Scholarism insists on being peaceful,

rational and nonviolent.

So, we hope the police can also be

peaceful, rational and nonviolent.

We are occupying a public area

outside of the government headquarters.

And we named that place Civic Square.

I feel really excited,

but I also feel a bit nervous

because of the people's expectations

of me and Scholarism.

Around 6:
30 in the morning,

someone woke me up

and told me that CY Leung

come to the square.

It's the second time for me to have

the discussion with the chief executive.

These students are not camping out

for fun.

Why are you neglecting

the public's opinion?

This is a three-year initiation period.

Scholarism objects to

National Education's "initiation period."

If we agree on the initiation period,

it means that we agree

with setting up National Education.

I'd like to ask if it's possible

to launch the initiation period

but not launch

the actual National Education?

These questions can be discussed

in the committee.

Visiting the students should not be done

just a few days

before starting the initiation period.

We are really disappointed by that.

Unfortunately, it seems

that he just hoped to do a PR show

instead of really

having a conversation with us.

During the first days,

I was quite depressed.

Only a few people come to support us.

Water seeps into the tents,

but the students won't give up.

We don't want the next generation

in Hong Kong

to have to study National Education.

Joshua, school starts in a few days.

What is your plan?

If CY Leung doesn't withdraw

National Education before September 3rd,

even though we have to go back to school,

we will carry on and continue to fight.

When I wake up, there is only

10 or 20 people inside the square.

There seems to be no hope.

But a miracle happened.

Joshua Wong!

Keep it up!

Scholarism!

Keep it up!

More and more people come to the square.

In the past few days,

there were not many protesters.

But today we've successfully filled

government headquarters.

We have over 4000 people here.

They're even blocking the roads.

The movement is for all people!

With no fear!

Occupy the government headquarters!

Escalate the movement!

All people occupying

government headquarters!

Immediately withdraw the curriculum!

I hope people can shout this last slogan

as loudly as possible.

CY Leung!

Withdraw the curriculum!

CY Leung!

Withdraw the curriculum!

Thank you, Joshua Wong!

We are willing to speak with our friends

who oppose National Education.

But the premise of our conversation

can't be just withdraw or not withdraw.

At that moment,

I'm really disappointed with them.

Tonight is our "black clothes" rally.

Come to the government headquarters

and join our protest.

We can put pressure on the government

through the power of numbers.

We have faith that we'll have more people

tonight than we've ever had before.

We've occupied government headquarters

for nine days.

Tonight we've completely filled the plaza!

We've completely filled a four-lane road!

We've filled the pedestrian bridges!

We've filled the park!

I believe a miracle is about to happen.

The turning point is here!

We are making history!

Withdraw National Education!

Withdraw National Education!

Our preliminary numbers show

we have 120,000 people here!

One hundred twenty thousand!

One hundred twenty thousand!

One hundred twenty thousand!

It just explode our mind!

And I just think,

"Wow, this is amazing!"

We did it.

A group of high school students

stand in the front line

and forced the Communist regime

to step backward.

We are part of the Hong Kong history.

If you had asked me a year ago,

I wouldn't have believed it.

We are a low-profile family.

We don't want to be famous.

Joshua is not trying to be famous.

We all said, "This is a miracle."

So amazing!

How could this really happen?

They say it's the first social movement

to achieve its goal

since the Handover in 1997.

And it was the only one

initiated by high school students.

The lesson that we learned

in the anti-National Education movement is

students can also make change

in the society.

Finally, we showed the power

of social movement

and showed the power of people

to our regime.

I feel a bit happy,

but still a bit afraid,

because we just won one battle

but not the whole war.

President Xi should let Hong Kong

achieve universal suffrage.

We have waited for this promise

for more than 18 years already.

What is our hope?

Our hope is that from today onwards,

Hong Kong is entering a new era.

We printed out leaflets, posters,

Internet promotions,

and it was like a real election.

I kind of speculate that

there might be 300,000 people voting,

and that might be

the best figure we could get.

But things came out totally unexpected.

We got 800,000 people voting.

We knew the public was behind us.

The decision

of the Chinese government today...

is so undemocratic and unjust!

Unjust!

We will fight

to change this unjust system.

We're even willing

to sacrifice ourselves for it.

It has become clear

that the time to compromise is gone.

It is time for total war!

Our parents say that joining

this student strike will ruin our future.

But what sort of future will we have

under the current political system?

Students need to show the adults

that they don't make all the rules.

Momentum is building up

until the 26th of September.

We think,

"Shall we occupy the Civic Square again?"

The retake of Civic Square was

the most symbolic thing that we could do.

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