City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong

With Antony Dapiran / Chaired by Benjamin Law

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In his detailed account of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong, long-term Hong Kong resident, journalist and lawyer Antony Dapiran reports on the 2019 anti-government protests from the inside. “It is a battle for Hong Kong’s very soul,” he writes. Providing important context dating back to the British Handover in 1997, Antony contemplates both the big and small events that led to the tipping point of 2019, and invites the question, what will happen next?

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Antony Dapiran is a Hong Kong-based writer and lawyer, and the author of the book City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, New Statesman, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, Quartz and elsewhere. He is a regular commentator on television and radio, including BBC, CNN, CNBC and Australia's ABC.

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Benjamin Law is the author of memoir The Family Law, which he adapted for SBS TV, Gaysia, and a Quarterly Essay: Moral Panic 101. A columnist for Fairfax’s Good Weekend magazine, Benjamin has also written for over fifty publications internationally and is a co-host on ABC Radio National’s Stop Everything.

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Mon 07 Mar, 2:30pm

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Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden
Plane Tree Stage

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