Hong Kong democracy icon Szeto Wah passed away on 2 January 2011, aged 79. Eddie Cheng, author of the book Standoff at Tiananmen [1], reviews the life [2] of the democracy advocate. He also translates exerpts of an interview [3] 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.
Hong Kong: Remembering Szeto Wah
· Written by Andy Yee
Categories: China, Hong Kong (China), Citizen Media, Human Rights, Politics