1. Sunny Cheung Kwan-yang is a Hong Kong activist and politician.
16 Facts About Sunny Cheung
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Sunny Cheung is the former spokesman for the Hong Kong Higher Institutions International Affairs Delegation as the representative of the students union council of the University of Hong Kong.
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Sunny Cheung's lobbying efforts in the United States and various countries helped to promote the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, along with sanctions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials.
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Sunny Cheung studied at Hong Kong Baptist University, where he served as the vice president of the Hong Kong Baptist University Students' Union.
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Sunny Cheung had disagreed with "the vigil's underlying notion that we're all Chinese".
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Sunny Cheung was an active debater who represented the university as on-stage speaker for political and current affairs motions.
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Sunny Cheung stated it was his first vigil since the Umbrella Revolution, and the recent circumstances changed his original stance to some extent.
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Sunny Cheung concluded the message by reiterating his support for the ongoing Hong Kong protests.
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On 11 July 2019, twelve student unions came together to form the Hong Kong Higher Institutions International Affairs Delegation, in which Sunny Cheung became the spokesperson of the delegation.
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Sunny Cheung described himself as a representative of over 100,000 students across Hong Kong, with the purpose of raising international awareness for the pro-democracy movement.
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On 18 June 2020, Sunny Cheung announced his intention to run in the Hong Kong legislative election for the Kowloon West constituency.
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Sunny Cheung was one of the pro-democracy candidates who received letters from electoral officers on his positions on the national security law, before the general election was postponed to 2021.
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The Chinese government warned the British government against hosting Sunny Cheung and warned it about offering asylum to other pro-democracy activists.
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China said the UK was hosting "anti-China" forces after Sunny Cheung allegedly planned pro-democracy rallies.
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On 15 September 2020, Sunny Cheung posted on social media that he had effectively left Hong Kong, though he did not say where he had fled to out of "security and strategic concerns".
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On 16 August 2021, Sunny Cheung disclosed on his Facebook page that he is seeking asylum in the United States.