Glenn Smith

Just off the shores of mainland China, an Occupy-style movement is taking shape in Hong Kong. Shortly before the July 1 kickoff of Occupy Central in Hong Kong, three hopeful attendees from Taiwan learned that they were unwelcome. Sunflower movement leaders Lin Fei-fan and Chen Wei-ting, both student activists, and Huang Kuo-chang, an associate researcher at Academia Sinica, discovered that Hong Kong authorities had rejected their applications for visas.

Just off the shores of mainland China, an Occupy-style movement is taking shape in Hong Kong. Shortly before the July 1 kickoff of Occupy Central in Hong Kong, three hopeful attendees from Taiwan learned that they were unwelcome. Sunflower movement leaders Lin Fei-fan and Chen Wei-ting, both student activists, and Huang Kuo-chang, an associate researcher at Academia Sinica, discovered that Hong Kong authorities had rejected their applications for visas.