Greetings Humans! In this episode, I sit down with writer Evan Fowler. His work has appeared in The South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Free Press, The Stand News, House News, and other publications. We talk about a wide variety of topics, including university campus safe spaces, online trolls, the 50 Cent Army, the changes China and Hong Kong has gone through in the past few years, the Umbrella Movement, the type of threats and hate mail he gets, free speech, and more. We also talk about his experience with clinical depression, how he feels about home, and the Eurasian identity in present day Hong Kong. If you enjoy world politics, history, Hong Kong, or Chinese culture, then you'll enjoy this episode where two native sons have an honest dialog, dive deep, and meander through stories and ideas.
Follow Evan! His Blog:
https://evanfowler.me/
Evan's BBC interview
https://www.facebook.com/bbctrad/videos/1755872214429441/
Some of Evan's articles
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/13/coming-back-homeless/
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/07/umbrella-movement-healing-divided-city-must-start-truthfulness/
http://bit.ly/2zSy7V0
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/24/britain-regain-dignity-speaking-hong-kong/
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/11/hong-kongs-basic-law-not-ban-ideas-universities-not-one-way-learning/
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1608758/brutal-policing-protests-undermines-hong-kongs-unique-way
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/22/friend-50-cent-er-no-place-moderation-hong-kong-politics/
A speech Evan made (posted by Tom Grundy, co-founder of HKFP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr2IrhjGC50
Links to things mentioned
TED Talk on Coffee Houses
https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_where_good_ideas_come_from
The Heterodox Academy
https://heterodoxacademy.org/
1967 Leftist Riots
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_1967_leftist_riots
What is the Umbrella Movement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_Movement
https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-gain-switch-flipping-access-to-us-power-systems/
https://www.amazon.com/Underground-Front-Chinese-Communist-Party/dp/9888028944
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qianlong_Emperor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_coffeehouses_in_the_17th_and_18th_centuries
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2110240/showdown-chinese-university-campus-over-posters-and-politics
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2111248/mainland-chinese-student-hong-kong-apologises
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