1. Chan Kin-man is a former associate professor of Sociology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
20 Facts About Chan Kin-man
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Chan Kin-man is one of the founders of the Occupy Central with Love and Peace campaign that strove for universal suffrage for the Hong Kong Chief Executive Election in 2017.
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Chan Kin-man is currently the director of the Hong Kong Civil Education Foundation and member of the executive committee of the Hong Kong Democratic Development Network.
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In 2019, Chan Kin-man was sentenced to 16 months in prison for his role in the Umbrella Movement.
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Chan Kin-man graduated from Concordia Lutheran Middle School in 1979, and earned a degree of Bachelor of Social Science in Sociology of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1983, and Master of Arts, Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology of Yale University in 1990,1991 and 1995 respectively.
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Chan Kin-man was a member of Chung Chi College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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Chan Kin-man was actively involved in student movements, and served in the Student Union of the Chinese University of Hong Kong as the external secretary, alongside notable alumni Andy Ho On-tat and Ricky Wong Wai-kay.
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In 1988, Chan Kin-man received a scholarship to attend Yale University.
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Chan Kin-man studied political Sociology and China studies under the supervision of political scientist Juan J Linz and sociologist Deborah Davis.
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Chan Kin-man completed his Master of Arts, Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology at Yale in 1990,1991 and 1995 respectively.
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In 1993, Chan Kin-man began teaching at the Sociology Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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Chan Kin-man is an associate professor of Sociology and lecturer in Liberal Studies at Shaw College.
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Chan Kin-man was formerly the director of Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies and the director of the Centre for Civil Society Studies.
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Beyond CUHK, Chan Kin-man had been a visiting professor, PhD supervisor and chair of the Institute for Civil Society at the Sun Yat-sen University in China, a researcher at the National Chengchi University in Taiwan.
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Chan Kin-man writes about Hong Kong's democracy issues in Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao, and Civil Society, a magazine of the Sun Yat-sen University that concerns China's NGO environment.
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Chan Kin-man used to be a guest host of the RTHK current affairs program.
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Chan Kin-man was an independent non-executive directors of the Hong Kong Television Network Limited until July 2013.
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Chan Kin-man believes that improvements in China's governance can only take place if there is a balanced development of the government, economy and civil society.
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Chan Kin-man is the convener of the scholar committee of the Network.
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In 2019, Chan Kin-man was sentenced to 16 months in prison for his role in the Umbrella Movement.