Christina Chan
{{Short description|Hong Kong political activist}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Christina Chan
| image = Christina Chan at 71demo 2008 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Christina Chan during the 1 July March
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|4|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hong Kong
| alma_mater = Hong Kong Baptist University
City University of Hong Kong
University of Hong Kong (BA, MPhil)
}}
{{Chinese
|s=陈巧文
|t=陳巧文
|y=Chàhn Haaú-màhn
|p=Chén Qiǎowén
}}
Christina Chan (born 25 April 1987{{citation needed|date=January 2010}}) is a political activist in Hong Kong, known for her stand on human rights, democracy and Tibetan independence. She is{{when|date=September 2022}} enrolled in a premaster's degree in philosophy in the University of Hong Kong.{{citation|url=http://www.yzzk.com/cfm/Content_Archive.cfm?Channel=ag&Path=355608991/17ag3b.cfm|script-title=zh:陳巧文小檔案|date=3 May 2009|accessdate=24 January 2010|periodical=Yazhou Zhoukan|language=Chinese}}
Early life
Christina was born in Hong Kong, where she attended the True Light Girls' College. She went on to study at Warminster School and Bromsgrove School in the United Kingdom for her secondary education. Afterwards, she returned to Hong Kong and obtained an associate degree in social science in Hong Kong Baptist University and the City University of Hong Kong{{citation needed|date=April 2010}} before studying English and philosophy at the University of Hong Kong, where she was conferred a bachelor's degree with first-class honours in June 2008. She subsequently received a scholarship to continue her studies at HKU's Master of Arts in philosophy.
She was a host on Radio Television Hong Kong's TeenPower programme. She also formerly worked as a part-time model, and was once featured in a Coca-Cola advertisement.{{citation|title=Me in Bikini and Tibet?|url=http://www.asiaone.com/Just+Woman/News/Women+In+The+News/Story/A1Story20080514-65058.html|date=1 May 2008|accessdate=24 January 2010|periodical=The New Paper|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523094017/http://www.asiaone.com/Just+Woman/News/Women+In+The+News/Story/A1Story20080514-65058.html|archive-date=23 May 2010|url-status=dead}}
Political activities
Chan became known by the general public during the Olympics torch relay in Hong Kong where she held the Tibetan snow lion flag, and engaged in a confrontation with the pro-Beijing camp. She was forcibly removed by the Hong Kong Police Force, who claimed it was
"for her protection".{{citation
|url=http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080503/gaa1.htm |script-title=zh:十萬紅衣夾道 百棒聖火樂傳 紅軍圍橙軍起推撞 |date=3 May 2008 |periodical=Ming Pao |accessdate=3 May 2008 |language=Chinese}}{{citation|periodical=South China Morning Post|url=http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=70258e91d57a9110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s=News|title=HK Olympic torch relay proceeding smoothly|accessdate=2 May 2008}}{{citation|publisher=Fox News Channel|url=http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008May02/0,4670,OlympicTorch,00.html|title=Torch relay inspires show of patriotism in Hong Kong|date=2 May 2008|accessdate=24 January 2009 | first=William | last=Foreman}}
In April 2009, Ayo Chan Yat-ngok (陳一諤), the president of the Hong Kong University Students' Union, made a speech on the issue of the Tiananmen massacre, which provoked widespread student opposition; in response, Christina Chan and four other students started a campaign to impeach him.{{citation|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-198965015/hku-students-begin-voting.html|title=HKU students begin voting on their union's June 4 policy|date=1 April 2009|accessdate=24 January 2010 | periodical=South China Morning Post | first=Eva | last=Wu}}{{citation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8003815.stm|title=HK students debate Tiananmen legacy|date=1 April 2009|first=Vaudine|last=England|periodical=BBC News}} Ayo was deposed after the General Polling.{{citation needed|date=January 2010}}
Chan was arrested on 9 January 2010 over her alleged assault on a policewoman during an anti-Express Rail protest on New Year's Day; she was released on HK$500 bail. She claims that while being held at the station, police officers forced her to lift up her shirt so that they could photograph her tattoo.{{citation|periodical=South China Morning Post|date=1 January 2010|accessdate=24 January 2010|page=1|title=Christina Chan arrested for assaulting police|first1=Daniel|last1=Sin|first2=Ambrose|last2=Leung|url=http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=574&topicId=100020474&docId=l:1105178150&isRss=true|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224065632/http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=574&topicId=100020474&docId=l:1105178150&isRss=true|archive-date=24 February 2012|url-status=dead}} She was acquitted of the assault in September 2010.{{citation|url=http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20100903/news_20100903_56_695929.htm|title=Activist cleared of police assault|date=3 September 2010|accessdate=6 September 2010|last=Flores|first=Tony|publisher=RTHK}}
In January 2020, she wrote on Hong Kong Free Press, expressing her support for the ongoing protests in Hong Kong and her criticism of 'unchecked police brutality',{{citation|url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2020/01/12/2020-vision-post-80s-movement-water-hongkongers-eyes-now-wide-open|title=2020 Vision: From the post-80s movement to 'Be Water,' Hongkongers' eyes are now wide open|date=1 January 2020|accessdate=13 January 2020|last=Chan|first=Christina|periodical=Hong Kong Free Press}} and urged the law enforcement and judiciary system to restore impartiality.{{citation|url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2020/01/19/injustice-erodes-rule-law-hongkongers-will-respect-legal-system-respects|title=Injustice erodes the rule of law: Hongkongers will respect the legal system if it respects them|date=1 January 2020|accessdate=22 January 2020|last=Chan|first=Christina|periodical=Hong Kong Free Press}}
Internet and media harassment
Soon after coming to public attention in 2008, Chan became the target of harassment. Paparazzi followed her around her university, her personal photos from her Facebook account were published in Oriental Press Group magazine East Week, and her dress sense, body measurements, and relationship with her boyfriend, 27-year-old Australian musician Nick Brazel, became popular topics of discussion in internet forums.{{citation|url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=21&art_id=65519&sid=18812948&con_type=1&d_str=20080507&fc=7|title=Net users get the measure of protester|periodical=The Standard|location=Hong Kong|date=7 May 2008|access-date=16 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604121623/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=21&art_id=65519&sid=18812948&con_type=1&d_str=20080507&fc=7|archive-date=4 June 2011|url-status=dead}} She was interviewed by TVB News' The Pearl Report and Sunday Report about her suffering from cyber-bullying. The programmes were aired on 21 December 2008 and 22 February 2009 respectively.{{citation|url=http://mytv.tvb.com/news/pearlreport/11932|title=World Wild Web Cyber Bullying|work=Pearl Report|publisher=TVB|accessdate=24 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227103152/http://mytv.tvb.com/news/pearlreport/11932|archive-date=27 February 2009|url-status=dead}}{{citation|url=http://mytv.tvb.com/news/sundayreport/14901|script-title=zh:網絡欺凌|work=Sunday Report|publisher=TVB|accessdate=24 January 2010|language=Chinese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501051742/http://mytv.tvb.com/news/sundayreport/14901|archive-date=1 May 2009|url-status=dead}}
Following Chan's arrest in January 2010, an anonymous administrator in an online forum for police officers posted rape threats against her.{{citation|periodical=Apple Daily|url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100112&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=12731&art_id=13617501|date=1 January 2010|accessdate=24 January 2010|script-title=zh:警察討論區留言恐嚇陳巧文|language=Chinese}} An Oriental Press Group magazine again published private photos of Chan soon after; this time, it was the Oriental Sunday, who plastered their front cover with paparazzi shots of Chan at home in her underwear brushing her teeth. A variety of social groups publicly criticised the Oriental Press Group in response, including the Hong Kong Women's Coalition on Equal Opportunities and The Society For Truth And Light. The Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority received 119 complaints regarding the magazine.{{citation|url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/art_main.php?&iss_id=20100122&sec_id=6996647&art_id=13652973|periodical=Apple Daily|date=2 January 2010|accessdate=24 January 2010|script-title=zh:偷拍陳巧文 《東方新地》遭投訴|language=Chinese|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724102131/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/art_main.php?&iss_id=20100122&sec_id=6996647&art_id=13652973|archive-date=24 July 2011}}
Notes
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External links
- [https://www.twitter.com/#search?q=%23ChanHauMan ChanHauMan Twitter account]
- [https://hongkongfp.com/author/christinachan/ Christina Chan's HKFP column]
- [http://chanhauman.blogspot.com/2010/01/blog-post.html Christina Chan's blog]
- {{in lang|zh}}[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twXiYTV4sjM 陳巧文一眾人到中聯辦示威遭警方極凶猛阻喝 2010.03.13]
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