Hong Kong: Remembering Szeto Wah · Global Voices
Andy Yee

Hong Kong democracy icon Szeto Wah passed away on 2 January 2011, aged 79. Eddie Cheng, author of the book Standoff at Tiananmen, reviews the life of the democracy advocate. He also translates exerpts of an interview that Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao conducted with Szeto Wah last October. The interview reveals a few details of Operation Yellow Bird, a daring mission to rescue movement leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre.