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uring the anti-extradition law
amendment bill (anti-ELAB)
Dmovement, activists and celeb-
rities attend seminars and conferences
in different parts of the world to speak
for Hong Kong protesters, while ordi-
nary citizens join hands in their own
ways to inform people outside Hong
Kong about what is happening in the
city.
#Anti-elab, #FreeHongKong and
#HongKongPolice are some of the
many hashtags Hong Kong netizens
use on Twitter, Reddit and Facebook Photo courtesy of "JieJie & UncleCat"
to draw global attention to the move-
ment. They also crowdfund advertise-
ments in overseas newspapers and
launch a petition to the White House
calling on the U.S. Congress to review
the existing extradition agreement
with Hong Kong. Gradually, the anti-
ELAB movement has evolved from lo-
cal protests demanding withdrawal of
the bill to a global movement to "liber-
ate Hong Kong".

"Share" it now
Taiwanese artist JieJie is one of
those who join the global campaign
in support of the movement. He is
a co-founder of a popular Facebook
page "JieJie and UncleCat", which
publishes illustrations and has more
than 500,000 followers. During the
anti-ELAB movement, JieJie has cre- Left: JieIie’s illustration on the July 21 incident; Right: illustration with
ated illustrations on his page with cap- texts in different languages
tions explaining the chain of events in
Hong Kong, including conflicts be- stand looking at bloody pictures and videos.
tween protesters and the police. Although the anti-ELAB movement mainly takes place in Hong Kong,
His illustrations feature the July 21 JieJie thinks it is closely related to Taiwan not only because of the close geo-
incident in which a group of suspected graphical distance, but also the purpose and meaning of the movement – to
gangsters attacked ordinary citizens at resist the system of the Chinese Communist Party and fight for democracy.
Yuen Long train station and the pro- Responding to his followers’ requests, JieJie translates captions attached
test on October 1 during which a po- with his drawings into English and Japanese with the help of his friends in
liceman shot a young protester with order to reach out to a wider audience. “I hope my drawings can encourage
live ammunition have been widely Hong Kong people and tell people around the world about the seriousness
circulated with more than 15,000 and and absurdness of some incidents in Hong Kong,” JieJie says.
17,000 shares on Facebook respective-
ly. Through his comic style illustra- Sharing news stories
tion, JieJie wants to depict brutality JieJie is not alone in this journey. Adeline Bong shares his mission of
and violence reported in news which informing her fellow countrymen in Malaysia about what is happening in
he finds outrageous in a less stressful Hong Kong and reasons behind the protests.
manner for his audience who cannot