危城裡的人——寫在香港反送中運動前夕的民主故事

Abstract

香港自2014年雨傘運動後，新興政治勢力的人們，接二連三的被取消民選議員資格，或剝奪參政權；同時觸犯「一國兩制」的爭議事件不斷發生；到了2018年，民主運動領袖也陸續被審判進監服刑，香港民主運動的氣勢走到低點。

直到2019年，「反送中運動」爆發，成為香港民主運動重大的轉捩點。不僅規模超越以往，各種形式的抗爭路線百花齊放，民主陣營的不同派別也在運動中首次找到共存、共容的方法。 筆者過去親臨香港大型民主運動、議會選舉以及行政長官選舉，切身感受到香港人對於追求民主的渴望及焦慮。雖然香港何時能夠擁有雙普選，目前未有答案，但在「反送中運動」之前，不同世代在不同位置上的人們已透過實踐，使民主運動三十年以來累積相當的經驗。 此篇深度報導，筆者欲探索香港民主運動中，議會以及街頭上的不同路線，和運動人士政治光譜上「大中華」及「本土」的不同取態，並一探民主外圍勢力——公民社會的力量，以五段生命故事，透視香港民主運動發展至今的歷程。

The rising political forces in Hong Kong since the Umbrella movement in 2014 have been disqualified. At the same time, the controversy over 'one country, two systems' last; by 2018, the leaders of the democratic movement were sentenced and put in jail. The movement has almost lost its momentum.

Until 2019, the Anti-extradition movement became a turning point for the Hong Kong democracy movement. Not only the number of protesters was greater than ever, people in Hong Kong also invented new forms of manifestation. Factions of the pro-democratic camp have came to share a common ground for the first time in the history.

The author visited Hong Kong's large-scale democratic movements, parliamentary elections, and special heads elections to witness Hong Kong people’s pursuit of democracy. There is no timeline for the double suffrage so far. But the campaign is the efforts of generations of people at different positions.

This in depth reporting explores many different positions and opinions in the Hong Kong political spectrum, together with the varied levels of powers in the civil society. The historical development of the Hong Kong democracy movement is unfolded through the life journeys of five campaign participants.