Among the Braves: Hope, Struggle, and Exile in the Battle for Hong Kong and the Future of Global Democracy

by Shibani Mahtani and Timothy McLaughlin

Book Overview

Through the eyes of two frontline journalists comes a gripping narrative history of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement centered around a cast of four core activists, culminating in the 2019 mass protests and Beijing's brutal crackdown.

Hong Kong was an experiment in governance. Handed back to China in 1997 after 156 years of British rule, it was meant to be a carve-out between hostile systems: a bridge between communism and capitalism,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306830361
• ISBN13: 9780306830365
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"