the people from two places are facing
similar difficulties while fighting for
the same goal
and death is democracy and freedom we
are not afraid to ask questions we're
not
afraid to question authority
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in recent months thailand has seen waves
of youth-led protests
calling for government and monarchy
reform looking very much like the ones
we have seen in hong kong
thai activists have been copying hong
kong protest tactics
while both sides are supporting each
other online
they're part of an asian youth activist
network called the milk tea alliance
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we asked two prominent young activists
to tell us more
there are similarities between our
protests are the flash mobs on how
people are coming out of the streets
almost every single day to come protest
the footage of umbrellas and helmets
water tanks
were attaching to protesters in hong
kong
because of the emotion invoked by
recalling
the memories of last year full gear
protesters
with physical clash are less likely to
be seen after the pandemic
and i think that's one of the reasons
why hong kong is really care a lot about
what's happening in thailand right now
our situation in hong kong are very much
the same and thanks to twitter we know
that
we are not working alone
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and i think the second thing that we
have learned from the hong kong protest
is the importance of
media so we're trying to use again um
twitter hashtag
contacting our neighboring friends the
multi alliance for help
we even developed a daily assignment for
hong kong protesters and democratic
supporters
to participate on their this frontier
each day you have got a list of
essential treats
to comment or retreat to boost protest
related content into hot topics
following the thailand movement we
connected to share some pie hashtag
what we are fighting for is very simple
whether we live in hong kong thailand or
any place in asia
freedom and genuine equality that's
the power to the people and for the
people
this very typical asian stereotype of
you know how asians
are quite quiet we don't ask we don't
speak out this stereotype you know is
breaking apart due to these protests
this generation of asian youth we are
not afraid to ask questions we are not
afraid to question authority
in the past discussions about the
monarchy is a big no
but now we have broke this bubble you
can see many
young generation youth activists you
know speaking fearlessly
it's very difficult because those in
power
are not letting go of that power they
are having right now
and they can use whatever method they
want
in hong kong the report against
activists are extensive
for example in the previous few months
since the national security law is
implemented
beijing is keen on going after us
being stopped by unknown private cars or
vehicles
uh having a national security agent and
trades only day by days
already become part of my daily life uh
for me when i came out to speak
uh several months ago my whole family
bibliography you know was released
online and
things like that so my situation in hong
kong yeah
about how the family background of my
parents how the information is being all
uploaded to
some of the website what is the one main
thing that motivates you what was your
end goal you know starting since you
were 15 until now
hong kong is the place that i born i
live and i love
we hope instead of our future being
dominated by the upclass elite
who belongs to the authorities alliance
or kao tao to beijing we wish to
determine our future
we face more and more difficulties when
we grow up and with more of the
pressure from
the authorities but i would say that the
threats could not defeat
us make us even stronger determination
and here i try to learn how to speak in
pai
which i'll try to pronounce it pon tai
shushu
and i hope everyone in thailand can keep
on the fight thank you
what does that mean in thai um
also which means keep courage in
thailand yeah but
that's my friend told me if it's wrong
don't put it in the radio anyway