1. Cheng Chung-tai is a Hong Kong academic, social activist, and politician.
14 Facts About Cheng Chung-tai
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Cheng Chung-tai obtained his bachelor's degree from Hong Kong Polytechnic University and doctoral degree from Peking University.
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Cheng Chung-tai was a member of the localist party Civic Passion and participated in the anti-parallel trading protests in 2015.
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Cheng Chung-tai took over Wong Yeung-tat's position as the leader of Civic Passion after his electoral victory.
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On 5 January 2017, Cheng Chung-tai declared that Civic Passion would no longer participate in street protests and instead reorient itself to focusing on community work, and to restructure as a political party.
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In September 2017, Cheng Chung-tai was convicted and fined for the offence of flag desecration.
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Cheng Chung-tai regarded the flags as "cheap patriotic acts" and alleged that the pro-Beijing bloc was ignoring issues of actual importance to Hong Kong people.
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On 31 August 2019, Cheng Chung-tai was one of several prominent democrats targeted in sweeping arrests made by police that day.
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Cheng Chung-tai lost his Legislative Council seat on 26 August 2021 after he was disqualified of his ex-officio membership in the Election Committee, which would be mandated to elect new Chief Executive, as the authorities deemed Cheng Chung-tai "unpatriotic".
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From 2012 to 2018, Cheng Chung-tai has served as a teaching fellow at the Department of Applied Social Sciences at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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Cheng Chung-tai teaches classes on Hong Kong society, Chinese society, and popular culture.
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Cheng Chung-tai lost this position on 30 June 2018 as his teaching contract had not been renewed by the university.
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Cheng Chung-tai quoted a disciplinary letter from the university as stating: "Your conduct and convictions are inconsistent with the university's commitment to quality education and aspiration to embrace internationalisation".
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Cheng Chung-tai alleged that the university's actions were "political persecution" and were unrelated to his teaching performance.