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📝酈英傑處長給台灣人民的道別信

「隨著我擔任美國在台協會處長的日子即將畫下句點，我也即將離開台灣，我想藉這個機會和大家分享，這一番歷練對我來說的意義是什麼。當我說擔任AIT處長其實是我這輩子的榮幸，也讓我得以實現長期職業生涯中的抱負與理想，這麼說一點也不為過。

我19歲時第一次離開家鄉，就是來台灣。對年輕的我來說，從那時起，台灣就成了交流與理解、探索與冒險的同義詞。台灣不僅有著讓人眼花撩亂的異鄉風情，也代表著意想不到的嶄新機會。我在這裡嘗試新奇的食物，像是水餃和臭豆腐，並且學習如何在擠滿單車和機車的大街小巷穿梭自如。一方面，我努力用我粗淺的中文，讓別人聽懂我說的話；但同時我也發現，無論走到哪裡，迎接我的都是滿滿的親切友善與熱情好客。

因此，在成為美國外交官後，能夠以台灣作為我派駐海外的第一站，真是再適合不過了。畢竟，是台灣首先點燃了我對亞洲、尤其是台灣的畢生興趣，也激發了我對跨文化理解和共享目標——也就是外交工作——的終身熱忱。此後，我也曾派駐其他地點，多數是在大中華區域，但我的台灣經歷與回憶始終常存我心。最終我能以美國駐台最高層級外交官的身分回來這裡，可說是我多年職涯的高峰。顯然，我這一生注定與台灣有著深刻的連結，或者也叫作「緣分」吧，才會讓我一次又一次不斷地回到台灣。

常有人問我，為什麼我這麼喜歡台灣。我總覺得：「答案不是很明顯嗎？」不過如果一定要我從個人與專業的角度，解釋我對台灣的喜愛與敬佩之情，我通常會提到以下幾個領域：

首先，台灣兼具活力與穩定、進步與延承、還有創新與傳統。每次回到這裡，我都對台灣社會在各個方面日新月異的進步感到驚艷不已。台灣的民主更臻成熟，經濟益加蓬勃，環境保護更受關注，藝術文化發展也生生不息。

台灣在許多最先進的科技產業上持續為全球創新樹立標竿，但與此同時，台灣的社會穩定和文化傳承依舊令人欽羨佩服。儘管生活充裕且形象良好，台灣人民卻依然謙虛樸實、平易近人。在台灣，最古老的傳統薪火相傳、歷久彌新。文化和歷史古蹟受到妥善的修復與保護；年輕人也可以學習代代相傳的書法技巧，接著再把作品秀在Instagram上。

再者，對美國來說，台灣正是共享利益與共享價值交集的典範。美台夥伴關係的重點在於確保科技發展能夠嘉惠、而非傷害我們雙方的經濟，科技突破則應被用於鞏固、而不是破壞我們的原則。美台之間自由、多元、平等及透明等共享價值，時時激勵我們努力在世界各地打造民主社會的韌性。而我們也持續尋求新的方式，為解決全球問題做出貢獻，這麼做不僅是因為能夠造福我們自己的人民，也是因為我們相信，身為21世紀敦親睦鄰的好夥伴，就是該這麼做。

最後，每當我想到台灣、以及整體美台關係，我總會想到希望、光明和成長。美台的情誼在過去40年來不斷拓展與茁壯。我相信每任處長都會同意，他們離開台灣時的美台夥伴關係，比起他們剛上任時都更上一層樓。同樣的，當我向AIT告別的那一天，我的心中將充滿肯定與成就感，因為我知道，美台夥伴關係比以往都更加深刻和強健，我也對自己能為美台關係今天亮眼的進展小有貢獻，而深感驕傲。

但是，比起這些事情，我想我更難忘的是台灣在我生命中所留下的深刻印記。我永遠會記得我在台灣度過的第一個聖誕節，還有第一個農曆新年。我永遠會記得台灣朋友的真摯與溫暖、教會同伴堅定的信仰、炎炎夏日來一碗芒果冰的沁涼、資源回收車沿街播放《給愛麗絲》的回音，還有巷弄中撲鼻而來的茉莉花香，這些都會是我畢生珍藏的美好回憶之一。我也會記得好友間的餐聚、充滿歡笑和故事的夜晚、以及一路以來我受到過的無數的善意與關懷。我更會永遠記得，是各位台灣朋友們，你們以各種不同的方式，讓我和我家人的生命更加地豐盛美好。對此，我要衷心地謝謝大家。

雖然我將離開台灣，但台灣不會離開我。」

— 美國在台協會處長 酈英傑

✅信件全文亦可至AIT官網查看：https://bit.ly/2TSkLDF

📝A Farewell Letter from AIT Director W. Brent Christensen

"As my time as AIT Director draws to a close and I prepare to leave Taiwan, I want to take this opportunity to tell you what this experience has meant to me. It is not an exaggeration to say that this has been the honor of my life and the fulfillment of a career-long aspiration.

The first time I left my hometown at age 19, it was to come to Taiwan. From that early age, Taiwan became synonymous for me with the ideas of exchange and understanding, exploration and adventure. Taiwan represented both disorienting foreignness and unexpected opportunity, as I tried new food – like shuijiaos and qiu doufu – and learned to navigate my way through streets crowded with bicycles and scooters. And struggled to make myself understood with my rudimentary Mandarin. But all the while discovering the kindness and generosity that welcomed me wherever I went.

It felt appropriate for me to serve my first tour as a U.S. diplomat in the place that first sparked in me a lifelong interest in Asia – and in Taiwan in particular – and in cross-cultural understanding and shared purpose, or in other words, diplomacy. After that, my career took me to other places, but mostly still in the China region. But the memories of my experiences in Taiwan stayed with me. And finally having the opportunity to serve as the top U.S. diplomat to Taiwan was the culmination of all the years that came before. It is clear that I have a lifelong connection to Taiwan, or “yuanfen,” that has led me to return again and again.

People often ask me why I have such a fondness for Taiwan. “Isn’t it obvious?!” I always think. But when forced to explain my affection for and professional fascination with Taiwan, I usually come back to a few themes.

First, dynamism and constancy; progress and preservation; innovation and tradition. Every time I return to Taiwan, I am immediately struck by the many ways Taiwan has advanced as a society. Taiwan’s democracy grows more mature, its economy more prosperous, its environment more cared-for, and its arts and culture more vibrant.

Taiwan’s industry continues to set the benchmark for global innovation in some of the most sophisticated technologies, but at the same time, Taiwan society is remarkable for its stability and cultural continuity. Taiwan’s people, despite their relative wealth and stature, continue to be modest and unassuming. Taiwan’s most ancient traditions are alive and well. Cultural and historic sites are restored and preserved. Young people may learn calligraphy techniques handed down for generations, but then share their work on Instagram.

Second, for the United States, Taiwan exemplifies the intersection of shared interests and shared values. Our partnership is about making sure our economies are beneficiaries rather than casualties of technological development and ensuring that technological development advances rather than undermines our principles. Our shared values of freedom, diversity, equality, and transparency inspire our efforts to build the resilience of democracies around the world. And we continue to find new ways to contribute to global problem solving, both because it benefits our own peoples and because we share the belief that this is what it means to be a good neighbor in the 21st century.

Finally, I associate Taiwan – and the broader U.S.-Taiwan relationship – with hope, promise, and growth. This friendship has expanded and flourished over the past 40 years; I believe every person who has done this job walked away knowing they left this partnership better than they found it. I will similarly leave AIT with a sense of accomplishment and success, knowing that the U.S.-Taiwan partnership is deeper and stronger than ever, and feeling immensely proud of my small role in getting us there.

But more than any of these things, I will remember the ways that Taiwan has touched me personally. I will always remember my first Christmas in Taiwan – and my first Chinese New Year. I will remember the warmth of Taiwan friendship, the faith of my fellow church members, the taste of a mango bing on a hot summer day, the echo of “Fur Elise” from the recycling truck, the fragrance of jasmine blossoms in village alleyways – these are just some of the memories I will treasure. I will remember the long dinners with dear friends, full of laughter and stories. And I will remember their many kindnesses. I will remember all the ways big and small that you, the people of Taiwan, touched my life and the lives of my family. And for that, I thank you.

I may be leaving Taiwan, but Taiwan will never leave me. "

-- AIT Director William Brent Christensen

✅Read the letter: https://bit.ly/3hUrsgw

今日有嘉賓 陸浩明 6號 上嚟傾下計
仲會教大家煮
📌姜蔥牛肉
📌羊腩煲
📌 Oreo truffles

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重温影片：
https://youtu.be/ib0I-ik0G9Y

奧利奧朱古力球
材料 :
📌 奧利奧餅 25塊
📌 忌廉芝士 4oz
📌牛奶朱古力塊 (放朱古力入一隻碗再用煲煮熱水隔水來溶化)
📌白朱古力塊 (放入另一隻碗, 丶一樣是隔水溶化)

餡料：(隨意放或不放）
📌 榛子醬 (隨意加入與否)

做法:
1. 將25塊奥利奥饼用食物處理器打碎再加入忌廉芝士攪拌均勻

2. 將(1)的材料倒入碟中, 揉成小球. 可隨意放入揍子醬與否

3. 將溶了的牛奶朱古力及白朱古力分別用匙滴在每個奧利奧小球上面. 再灑上彩虹糖針(rainbow sprinkles)

4. 將奧利奧朱古力球放入雪櫃15分鐘冷却後便可享用

Oreo Truffles
(YouTube video starts at 45:30.)
Ingredients:
Oreo cookies - 25 cookies
Cream cheese - 4 oz

Filling ingredient:
Hazelnut spread

Dipping chocolate ingredients:
Milk chocolate blocks - melt over double boiler
White chocolate blocks - melt over double boiler

Toppings ingredient:
Rainbow sprinkles

Methods:
1. In a food processor, add in Oreo cookies, cream cheese, and pulse into a dough like consistency.

2. Transfer to a plate and roll into balls with or without hazelnut spread filling.

3. Drizzle milk and white chocolate over chocolate balls. Sprinkle with rainbow sprinkles on top.

4. Cool to set for 15 minutes in the refrigerator. Serve.

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薑蔥蠔油炒牛柳

配料：
牛柳 大約一磅，切片
生薑 一大段，切絲
蔥 2棵（切段、分開白色及綠色2份）

醃料：
油 1湯匙
糖 2茶匙
生抽 少許（因為稍後會加入蠔油）
粟粉 2湯匙

調味料：
蠔油 1湯匙（用少許紹興酒拌勻)
紹興酒 1湯匙

做法：

1. 牛柳加入1湯匙油，充分混合以使肉質鬆軟。

2. 加入糖，生抽， 粟粉，攪拌均勻。

3. 燒紅炒鑊，加3湯匙油，薑絲， 爆香。

4. 加入白色部分蔥段，爆香。

5. 加入醃過的牛柳，然後把牛柳分散，使其平均分佈在鑊中，勿炒。

6. 在炒鍋邊緣撒入紹興酒，用筷子稍微撥動牛柳。

7. 加入蠔油，然後迅速炒至尚有少許血紅色，加入綠色部分蔥段，兜勻後上碟食用。

Stir-Fried Beef Tenderloin with Green Onion and Oyster Sauce
(YouTube video starts at 25:00.)
Ingredients:
Beef tenderloin - sliced
Ginger - shredded very thin
Green onion - a bunch (green parts only)

Marinade ingredients:
Oil
Sugar - to taste
Light soya sauce - to taste but not too much because oyster sauce will be added later
Corn starch

Seasoning ingredient:
Oyster sauce - 1 tbsp
Shaoxing wine - 1 tbsp

Garnish
Green onion - (green parts only)

Methods:
1. In a bowl, add in sliced beef tenderloin, and oil. Mix well to loosen up the meat first for better absorption of other seasonings after.

2. Add in sugar, light soya sauce, corn starch, and mix well.

3. Heat up a wok to very hot. Add oil, shredded ginger, and fry until fragrant.

4. Add in green onion (green parts only).

5. Add in the marinated beef tenderloin and spread out evenly in the wok. DO NOT stir fry them yet.

6. Drizzle in Shaoxing wine around the edge of the wok.

7. Add in oyster sauce and quickly stir fry until medium rare. Meat will be fully cooked when transferred to serving plate.

8. Transfer to serving plate and garnish with green onion. Serve.

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有味飯

材料
📌 栗子適量
📌 紅蘿蔔適量
📌 椰菜適量
📌 薑一片
📌 豉油3湯匙 （每一杯米一湯匙）
📌 麻油1湯匙

做法
1. 洗米，米放入電飯煲內膽。
2. 栗子除殼除衣，用熱水浸一浸，一粒開四小粒。
3. 紅蘿蔔切粒，椰菜切大粒，薑切粒。
4. 薑粒加入已洗好及已量好水的米中，栗子，紅蘿蔔，椰菜鋪在米上，再加入豉油，麻油，放入電飯煲，調較時間開始煮飯。
5. 飯熟後取出，用筷子撈勻，即成。

Flavored Rice with Chestnut, Carrot and Cabbage
(YouTube video starts at 2:28.)
Ingredients:
Rice - 3 rice cups (wash and rinse well)
Water - enough to cook the rice
Chestnuts - (remove outer shells, soak in hot water and peel of the inner skins. Cut each one into four pieces. Do not cook them.)
Carrot - (cut into cubes)
Cabbage - (cut into pieces)
Ginger - (cut into small pieces)

Seasoning ingredients:
Light soya sauce - 3 tbsp
Sesame oil - 1 tbsp
Brown sugar - optional to stir in before serving to sweeten the rice

Methods:
1. In a rice cooker inner pot, add in rice, water, ginger, chestnut, carrot, cabbage, light soya sauce, and sesame oil. Mix well.

2. Put the rice inner pot in the rice cooker and set to rice cook mode.

3. Mix well before serving.

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羊腩煲

材料
📌 黑草羊羊腩連骨2磅
📌 酒少許
📌 油少許
📌 蔥頭適量
📌 蒜頭適量
📌 香葉2塊
📌 蔥白適量
📌 薑8 - 10片
📌 冰糖1粒
📌 竹筍適量
📌 冬菇適量
📌 馬蹄適量
📌 竹蔗適量
📌 枝竹適量
📌 蠔油1湯匙
📌 芹菜適量
📌 大蔥適量
📌 中國蒜適量

醬汁材料
📌 南乳大半磚
📌 南乳汁1湯匙
📌腐乳3磚
📌 柱侯醬1湯匙
📌 紹興酒2湯匙

腐乳汁材料
📌 腐乳3磚
📌 白砂糖1湯匙
📌 熱水少許
📌 檸檬葉絲

做法
1. 羊腩洗淨，抹乾水份。之後乾鑊落羊腩，羊腩皮向下，稍煎一會，之後兜勻，炒至油出，見乾身，加入清水汆水，再落少許酒，待煮滾。
2. 準備大碗放入醬汁材料，南乳用匙羹壓爛，攪勻，備用。
3. 羊腩煮滾後，羊腩倒在篩中，用清水過一過，瀝乾水份。
4. 開新鑊落薑片，加油，加入蔥頭，蒜頭爆香，再加入香葉，之後加入步驟2的醬汁炒勻，再放入蔥白，加少許油，之後放入已瀝乾水份的羊腩炒勻。加入清水，再兜勻，放入冰糖，竹筍，冬菇，馬蹄，兜勻。
5. 高速煲放入竹蔗墊底，倒入步驟4已炒好的羊腩，調較煮肉程式，需時40分鐘。
6. 細碗內加入腐乳汁材料，壓爛腐乳，再加入檸檬葉絲，撈勻。
7. 差不多40分鐘，用細火燒紅砂鍋，倒入羊腩，調較大火收汁，把竹蔗取走，再放入枝竹，加入蠔油，攪勻。再放入中國蒜，芹菜，大蔥，煮至收汁，即成。

備註：
1. 食用時可加入步驟6的腐乳汁。
2. 如果不用高速煲，用普通鑊或鍋，水要蓋過羊面，滾了後，細火忟1小時，（切記不要開蓋睇），1小時後關火不要開蓋，等30分鐘，再開火忟15 – 30分鐘。再繼續餘下步驟。

Lamb Brisket Stew
(YouTube video starts at 4:30. Skip to 1:11:05 for final preparation.)
Ingredients:
Lamb brisket - 2 lbs (cut into chunks, wash and rinse well. Do not blanch yet.)
Ginger - about 12 slices (use more ginger when cooking lamb)
Garlic - about 2 bulbs or more
Shallot - about 2 bulbs or more
Bay leaf - 2 pieces
Bamboo shoots
Shiitake mushrooms - rehydrated
Water chestnuts
Sugar canes - (to be lined on the bottom of the pressure cooker pot and also to balance out the heaty lamb meat and for the sweetness)
Clay pot

Seasoning ingredients:
Red fermented bean curd (“Nam Yu”) - a little more than ½ a cube
Red fermented bean curd (“Nam Yu”) liquid - 1 tbsp
White Fermented bean curd (“Fu Yu”) - 3 cubes
Chu Hou paste - 1 tbsp
Shaoxing wine - 2 tbsp
Green onion - a bunch (white parts only)
Oil
Water - enough to cover all ingredients
Rock sugar - 2 large pieces (to tenderize meat)

Vegetables to be added before serving:
Celery - shredded
Dried bean curd - rehydrated
Leek - shredded
Spring onion - shredded
Chinese lettuce - optional

Seasoning to be added before serving:
Oyster sauce

Dipping sauce ingredients:
White fermented bean curd (“Fu Yu”) - 2 - 3 cubes
Sugar - to taste
Hot water - enough to make a sauce
Lemon leaf - shredded

Methods:
1. In a pan, DO NOT add oil. Add in lamb brisket pieces with the fat facing down the pan first and fry until the fat has release their oil to lessen the gamey smell.

2. Keep stir frying until fragrant then add enough water to submerge all the lamb brisket pieces. Add in Shaoxing wine and bring to a boil to release all impurities.

3. Transfer precooked lamb brisket pieces to a colander, rinse well, and pat dry. Set aside.

4. In a bowl, add in red fermented bean curd (“Nam Yu”), red fermented bean curd (“Nam Yu”) liquid, white fermented bean curd (“Fu Yu”), Chu Hou paste, Shaoxing wine, mash and mix well. Set aside.

5. In a wok, add in ginger slices, oil and fry them until golden brown. Add in garlic cloves, shallot cloves, and stir fry until fragrant on LOW heat.

6. Add in bay leaves, sauce prepared in Step 4, green onion (white parts only), and stir fry.

7. Add more oil and stir fry until fragrant.

8. Add in precooked lamb brisket pieces to the wok, and stir fry until all pieces are covered with the sauce. Add in sugar canes to the bottom of the wok now if you using stovetop instead of pressure cooker.

9. Add enough water to submerge all the lamb brisket pieces for cooking on stovetop and bring to a boil on HIGH heat then turn to LOW heat and cook for 1 hour.

10. DO NOT open the lid during this one hour of stewing or the meat will not be tender. After 1 hour turn off heat and let it sit for further 30 minutes then turn on LOW heat again and stew for additional 15 to 30 minutes.

11. If you are using pressure cooker, add less water then add in bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, water chestnuts, and mix well. Transfer to the pressure cooker pot that is lined with sugar canes on the bottom of the pot, set to meat setting and cook for 40 minutes.

12. If you are using stovetop, add in bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, water chestnuts after 1 hour of stewing.

13. To make the dipping sauce, in a small bowl, add in white fermented bean curd, sugar, water, lemon leaf, mash and mix well. Set aside to serve with the lamb brisket stew.

14. Heat up a serving clay pot. Transfer the lamb brisket from the pressure cooker or from the wok to the serving clay pot.

15. Turn on HIGH heat.

16. Remove the sugar canes from the clay pot.

17. Add in rehydrated dried bean curd, oyster sauce, and mix well.

18. Add in spring onion, leek, celery, and mix well. Serve with dipping sauce.

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在排山倒海的訪問裡，這位記者能在短短個半小時裡，刻畫得如此傳神，值得睇。

Joshua Wong plonks himself down on a plastic stool across from me. He is there for barely 10 seconds before he leaps up to greet two former high school classmates in the lunchtime tea house melee. He says hi and bye and then bounds back. Once again I am facing the young man in a black Chinese collared shirt and tan shorts who is proving such a headache for the authorities in Beijing.

So far, it’s been a fairly standard week for Wong. On a break from a globe-trotting, pro-democracy lobbying tour, he was grabbed off the streets of Hong Kong and bundled into a minivan. After being arrested, he appeared on the front pages of the world’s newspapers and was labelled a “traitor” by China’s foreign ministry.

He is very apologetic about being late for lunch.

Little about Wong, the face of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, can be described as ordinary: neither his Nobel Peace Prize nomination, nor his three stints in prison. Five years ago, his face was plastered on the cover of Time magazine; in 2017, he was the subject of a hit Netflix documentary, Joshua: Teenager vs Superpower. And he’s only 23.

We’re sitting inside a Cantonese teahouse in the narrow back streets near Hong Kong’s parliament, where he works for a pro-democracy lawmaker. It’s one of the most socially diverse parts of the city and has been at the heart of five months of unrest, which has turned into a battle for Hong Kong’s future. A few weekends earlier I covered clashes nearby as protesters threw Molotov cocktails at police, who fired back tear gas. Drunk expats looked on, as tourists rushed by dragging suitcases.

The lunch crowd pours into the fast-food joint, milling around as staff set up collapsible tables on the pavement. Construction workers sit side-by-side with men sweating in suits, chopsticks in one hand, phones in the other. I scan the menu: instant noodles with fried egg and luncheon meat, deep fried pork chops, beef brisket with radish. Wong barely glances at it before selecting the hometown fried rice and milk tea, a Hong Kong speciality with British colonial roots, made with black tea and evaporated or condensed milk.

“I always order this,” he beams, “I love this place, it’s the only Cantonese teahouse in the area that does cheap, high-quality milk tea.” I take my cue and settle for the veggie and egg fried rice and a lemon iced tea as the man sitting on the next table reaches over to shake Wong’s hand. Another pats him on the shoulder as he brushes by to pay the bill.

Wong has been a recognisable face in this city since he was 14, when he fought against a proposal from the Hong Kong government to introduce a national education curriculum that would teach that Chinese Communist party rule was “superior” to western-style democracy. The government eventually backed down after more than 100,000 people took to the streets. Two years later, Wong rose to global prominence when he became the poster boy for the Umbrella Movement, in which tens of thousands of students occupied central Hong Kong for 79 days to demand genuine universal suffrage.

That movement ended in failure. Many of its leaders were sent to jail, among them Wong. But the seeds of activism were planted in the generation of Hong Kongers who are now back on the streets, fighting for democracy against the world’s most powerful authoritarian state. The latest turmoil was sparked by a controversial extradition bill but has evolved into demands for true suffrage and a showdown with Beijing over the future of Hong Kong. The unrest in the former British colony, which was handed over to China in 1997, represents the biggest uprising on Chinese soil since the 1989 pro-democracy movement in Beijing. Its climax, of course, was the Tiananmen Square massacre, when hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people were killed.

“We learnt a lot of lessons from the Umbrella Movement: how to deal with conflict between the more moderate and progressive camps, how to be more organic, how to be less hesitant,” says Wong. “Five years ago the pro-democracy camp was far more cautious about seeking international support because they were afraid of pissing off Beijing.”

Wong doesn’t appear to be afraid of irking China. Over the past few months, he has lobbied on behalf of the Hong Kong protesters to governments around the world. In the US, he testified before Congress and urged lawmakers to pass an act in support of the Hong Kong protesters — subsequently approved by the House of Representatives with strong bipartisan support. In Germany, he made headlines when he suggested two baby pandas in the Berlin Zoo be named “Democracy” and “Freedom.” He has been previously barred from entering Malaysia and Thailand due to pressure from Beijing, and a Singaporean social worker was recently convicted and fined for organising an event at which Wong spoke via Skype.

The food arrives almost immediately. I struggle to tell our orders apart. Two mouthfuls into my egg and cabbage fried rice, I regret not ordering the instant noodles with luncheon meat.

In August, a Hong Kong newspaper controlled by the Chinese Communist party published a photo of Julie Eadeh, an American diplomat, meeting pro-democracy student leaders including Wong. The headline accused “foreign forces” of igniting a revolution in Hong Kong. “Beijing says I was trained by the CIA and the US marines and I am a CIA agent. [I find it] quite boring because they have made up these kinds of rumours for seven years [now],” he says, ignoring his incessantly pinging phone.

Another thing that bores him? The media. Although Wong’s messaging is always on point, his appraisal of journalists in response to my questions is piercing and cheeky. “In 15-minute interviews I know journalists just need soundbites that I’ve repeated lots of times before. So I’ll say things like ‘I have no hope [as regards] the regime but I have hope towards the people.’ Then the journalists will say ‘oh that’s so impressive!’ And I’ll say ‘yes, I’m a poet.’ ”

And what about this choice of restaurant? “Well, I knew I couldn’t pick a five-star hotel, even though the Financial Times is paying and I know you can afford it,” he says grinning. “It’s better to do this kind of interview in a Hong Kong-style restaurant. This is the place that I conducted my first interview after I left prison.” Wong has spent around 120 days in prison in total, including on charges of unlawful assembly.

“My fellow prisoners would tell me about how they joined the Umbrella Movement and how they agreed with our beliefs. I think prisoners are more aware of the importance of human rights,” he says, adding that even the prison wardens would share with him how they had joined protests.

“Even the triad members in prison support democracy. They complain how the tax on cigarettes is extremely high and the tax on red wine is extremely low; it just shows how the upper-class elite lives here,” he says, as a waiter strains to hear our conversation. Wong was most recently released from jail in June, the day after the largest protests in the history of Hong Kong, when an estimated 2m people — more than a quarter of the territory’s 7.5m population — took to the streets.

Raised in a deeply religious family, he used to travel to mainland China every two years with his family and church literally to spread the gospel. As with many Hong Kong Chinese who trace their roots to the mainland, he doesn’t know where his ancestral village is. His lasting memory of his trips across the border is of dirty toilets, he tells me, mid-bite. He turned to activism when he realised praying didn’t help much.

“The gift from God is to have independence of mind and critical thinking; to have our own will and to make our own personal judgments. I don’t link my religious beliefs with my political judgments. Even Carrie Lam is Catholic,” he trails off, in a reference to Hong Kong’s leader. Lam has the lowest approval rating of any chief executive in the history of the city, thanks to her botched handling of the crisis.

I ask whether Wong’s father, who is also involved in social activism, has been a big influence. Wrong question.

“The western media loves to frame Joshua Wong joining the fight because of reading the books of Nelson Mandela or Martin Luther King or because of how my parents raised me. In reality, I joined street activism not because of anyone book I read. Why do journalists always assume anyone who strives for a better society has a role model?” He glances down at his pinging phone and draws a breath, before continuing. “Can you really describe my dad as an activist? I support LGBTQ rights,” he says, with a fist pump. His father, Roger Wong, is a well-known anti-gay rights campaigner in Hong Kong.

I notice he has put down his spoon, with half a plate of fried rice untouched. I decide it would be a good idea to redirect our conversation by bonding over phone addictions. Wong, renowned for his laser focus and determination, replies to my emails and messages at all hours and has been described by his friends as “a robot.”

He scrolls through his Gmail, his inbox filled with unread emails, showing me how he categorises interview requests with country tags. His life is almost solely dedicated to activism. “My friends and I used to go to watch movies and play laser tag but now of course we don’t have time to play any more: we face real bullets every weekend.”

The protests — which have seen more than 3,300 people arrested — have been largely leaderless. “Do you ever question your relevance to the movement?” I venture, mid-spoonful of congealed fried rice.

“Never,” he replies with his mouth full. “We have a lot of facilitators in this movement and I’m one of them . . . it’s just like Wikipedia. You don’t know who the contributors are behind a Wikipedia page but you know there’s a lot of collaboration and crowdsourcing. Instead of just having a top-down command, we now have a bottom-up command hub which has allowed the movement to last far longer than Umbrella.

“With greater power comes greater responsibility, so the question is how, through my role, can I express the voices of the frontliners, of the street activism? For example, I defended the action of storming into the Legislative Council on July 1. I know I didn’t storm in myself . . . ” His phone pings twice. Finally he succumbs.

After tapping away for about 30 seconds, Wong launches back into our conversation, sounding genuinely sorry that he wasn’t there on the night when protesters destroyed symbols of the Chinese Communist party and briefly occupied the chamber.

“My job is to be the middleman to express, evaluate and reveal what is going on in the Hong Kong protests when the movement is about being faceless,” he says, adding that his Twitter storm of 29 tweets explaining the July 1 occupation reached at least four million people. I admit that I am overcome with exhaustion just scanning his Twitter account, which has more than 400,000 followers. “Well, that thread was actually written by Jeffrey Ngo from Demosisto,” he say, referring to the political activism group that he heads.

A network of Hong Kong activists studying abroad helps fuel his relentless public persona on social media and in the opinion pages of international newspapers. Within a week of his most recent arrest, he had published op-eds in The Economist, The New York Times, Quartz and the Apple Daily.

I wonder out loud if he ever feels overwhelmed at taking on the Chinese Communist party, a task daunting even for some of the world’s most formidable governments and companies. He peers at me over his wire-framed glasses. “It’s our responsibility; if we don’t do it, who will? At least we are not in Xinjiang or Tibet; we are in Hong Kong,” he says, referring to two regions on Chinese soil on the frontline of Beijing’s drive to develop a high-tech surveillance state. In Xinjiang, at least one million people are being held in internment camps. “Even though we’re directly under the rule of Beijing, we have a layer of protection because we’re recognised as a global city so [Beijing] is more hesitant to act.”

I hear the sound of the wok firing up in the kitchen and ask him the question on everyone’s minds in Hong Kong: what happens next? Like many people who are closely following the extraordinary situation in Hong Kong, he is hesitant to make firm predictions.

“Lots of think-tanks around the world say ‘Oh, we’re China experts. We’re born in western countries but we know how to read Chinese so we’re familiar with Chinese politics.’ They predicted the Communist party would collapse after the Tiananmen Square massacre and they’ve kept predicting this over the past three decades but hey, now it’s 2019 and we’re still under the rule of Beijing, ha ha,” he grins.

While we are prophesying, does Wong ever think he might become chief executive one day? “No local journalist in Hong Kong would really ask this question,” he admonishes. As our lunch has progressed, he has become bolder in dissecting my interview technique. The territory’s chief executive is currently selected by a group of 1,200, mostly Beijing loyalists, and he doubts the Chinese Communist party would ever allow him to run. A few weeks after we meet he announces his candidacy in the upcoming district council elections. He was eventually the only candidate disqualified from running — an order that, after our lunch, he tweeted had come from Beijing and was “clearly politically driven”.

We turn to the more ordinary stuff of 23-year-olds’ lives, as Wong slurps the remainder of his milk tea. “Before being jailed, the thing I was most worried about was that I wouldn’t be able to watch Avengers: Endgame,” he says.

“Luckily, it came out around early May so I watched it two weeks before I was locked up in prison.” He has already quoted Spider-Man twice during our lunch. I am unsurprised when Wong picks him as his favourite character.

“I think he’s more . . . ” He pauses, one of the few times in the interview. “Compared to having an unlimited superpower or unlimited power or unlimited talent just like Superman, I think Spider-Man is more human.” With that, our friendly neighbourhood activist dashes off to his next interview.

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