Agnes Chow

Hong Kong political activist · China · Politicians · Born 1996 · age 29

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A face of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement who went from barred candidate to jailed activist to bail-skipper in exile. The authorities blocked her 2018 run, jailed her over the 2019 protests, then charged her under the National Security Law - she answered by vanishing to Canada.

A life in dates

2020“For the past decade, we have protested peacefully...but the government did not lend their ears to our views.”In their wordsJanuary 17, 2020 Hong Kong's Agnes Chow defies travel ban in Skype appeal to JapanRead the whole statement

BBC 100 WomenAward2018“The ban against me isn’t personal, it’s targeting an entire generation.”In their wordsFebruary 3, 2018 Enemy of the state? Agnes Chow, the 21-year-old activist who has China worriedRead the whole statement

1996Born3 December 1996

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Agnes Chow and Joshua Wong pictured on 23 September 2014, wearing red blindfolds to symbolise students figuratively blinded by China's political power.

Agnes Chow campaigning with Nathan Law for the 2018 Hong Kong Island by-election.

Agnes Chow leaving the prison van after being released from prison

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Agnes Chow

2 statements, newest first

For the past decade, we have protested peacefully...but the government did not lend their ears to our views.
Jan 17, 2020, January 17, 2020 Hong Kong's Agnes Chow defies travel ban in Skype appeal to Japan, Own words
The ban against me isn’t personal, it’s targeting an entire generation.
Feb 3, 2018, February 3, 2018 Enemy of the state? Agnes Chow, the 21-year-old activist who has China worried, Own words

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Awards

BBC 100 Women2020

About this person

Agnes Chow Ting was born 3 December 1996 and rose through Hong Kong's student resistance as spokesperson of Scholarism, then Deputy Secretary-General of Demosisto. In 2018 the government disqualified her from running in a by-election because her party backed self-determination. She was arrested in August 2019 for a protest at police headquarters and sentenced to 10 months in December 2020, released June 2021. A year earlier she'd been arrested under the National Security Law for alleged collusion with foreign forces and released on bail. In September 2023 she skipped that bail and fled to Canada for a master's degree at OCAD University. She graduated in 2025.

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China