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{{Short description|Hong Kong politician and socialpro-democracy activist (born 1996)}}
{{Use Hong Kong English|date=January 2018}}
{{Family name hatnote|[[Zhou (surname)|Chow (周)]]|Agnes Chow|Chow Ting|lang=Hong Kong}}
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{{Infobox politician
| name = Agnes Chow
| native_name = {{nobold|周庭}}
| native_name_lang = zh-HANT
| image = File:Agnes Chow on Tim Mei Avenue (beschnitten).jpg
| alt = Portrait of a young adult Asian female with long hair
| caption = Agnes Chow in 2019
| birth_name = Chow Ting<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.doj.gov.hk/eng/public/pdf/2019/HCAL_804_2018e.pdf|title=Summary of Judicial Decision - Chow Ting ("the Petitioner") v Teng Yu-Yan, Anne (Returning Officer for the Hong Kong Island Geographical Constituency) ("Returning Officer") & Au Nok-hin HCAL 804/2018; [2019] HKCFI 2135|date=2 September 2019|work=[[Department of Justice (Hong Kong)|Department of Justice]]|access-date=26 July 2020|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726143449/https://www.doj.gov.hk/eng/public/pdf/2019/HCAL_804_2018e.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1996|12|03}}
| birth_place = [[British Hong Kong| British Hong Kong]]
| nationality = {{plainlist|
*[[ChineseHong Kong nationality law|Chinese]] ([[Right of abode in Hong Kong|HKKonger]]) (since 1997)
*[[British nationality law|British]] (1996–2018)
}}
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| website =
| party = [[Demosisto]] (2016–2020)
| education = {{ill|Holy Family Canossian College|zh|嘉諾撒聖家書院}}<br />[[Hong Kong Baptist University]]<br />[[University of Toronto]]
| nickname = "Mulan of Hong Kong"<ref>{{cite news |first=Alisha Rahaman |last=Sarkar |title=Agnes Chow: 'Mulan of Hong Kong' refuses to return from Canada for date with police |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/agnes-chow-flees-hong-kong-b2457882.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=4 December 2019 |access-date=5 December 2023 |location=[[Toronto]]}}</ref><br />"Real Mulan"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53746867|title=Agnes Chow: Hong Kong activist hailed as the 'real Mulan'|work=[[BBC News]]|date=12 August 2020|access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref><br>"Goddess of Scholarism"<ref>{{Cite news |title="一辈子不会回去了":香港民主活动人士周庭宣布流亡加拿大 |trans-title="Never go back again': Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow announces the exile in Canada |url=https://www.voachinese.com/a/hong-kong-dissident-refuses-to-go-back-to-hk-to-report-to-police-20231203/7382450.html |publisher=[[Voice of America]] |date=4 December 2023 |access-date=7 December 2023 |language=zh-hans |location=[[Washington, D.C.]]}}</ref><br>"Goddess of Democracy"<ref name="Goddess of Democracy"/><ref name="Tokyo Voice"/><br>"Goddess of Student Movement"<ref name="HKBU">{{Cite news |title=香港學運女神周庭FB發布甜美學士照 宣告:「我大學畢業啦」 |trans-title=Goddess of Hong Kong Student Movement posted a sweet bachelor's photo on her Facebook to announce: "I have graduated from university." |url=https://tw.appledaily.com/international/20201119/NXMCMYUED5G7XEAESAX4GPTSVI/ |date=19 November 2020 |access-date=5 December 2023 |newspaper=[[Apple Daily (Taiwan)]]|language=zh-hk |location=Hong Kong |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120011854/https://tw.appledaily.com/international/20201119/NXMCMYUED5G7XEAESAX4GPTSVI/ |archive-date=20 November 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=香港「學運女神」周庭出獄了! 民眾冒雨集結高呼「加油」 |trans-title=Hong Kong "goddess of student movement" Agnes Chow is released from prison! People gathered in the rain to cheer for her |url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/3567382 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=12 June 2021 |access-date=5 December 2023 |newspaper=[[Liberty Times]] |language=zh-hk |location=Taipei}}</ref>
| known_for = Spokesperson for [[Scholarism]];<br />co-founder of Demosistō
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'''Agnes Chow Ting''' ({{lang-zh|'''周庭'''}},; born 3 December 1996) is a Hong Kong politician and social activist. She is a former member of the Standing Committee of [[Demosisto]] and former spokesperson of [[Scholarism]]. Her candidacy for the [[March 2018 Hong Kong by-elections|2018 Hong Kong Island by-election]], supported by the [[Pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong)|pro-democracy camp]], was blocked by authorities, due to her party's advocacy of [[self-determination]] and [[Hong Kong independence|independenceself-determination for Hong Kong]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 January 2018|title=Hong Kong bars pro-democracy activist from standing for election|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/01/27/hong-kong-bars-pro-democracy-activist-from-standing-for-election.html|access-date=17 July 2020|website=thestar.com|language=en|archive-date=29 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329203459/https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/01/27/hong-kong-bars-pro-democracy-activist-from-standing-for-election.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She was arrested in August 2019, during the [[2019–2020 Hong Kong protests]], for her role in a protest at police headquarters two months earlier, and sentenced to 10 months in jail in December 2020. She was again [[Agnes Chow arrest under National Security Law|again arrest]]ed for the [[2020 Hong Kong Nationalnational Securitysecurity Lawlaw|National Security]] charge of 'collusion with foreign forces' in August 2020, albeit released on bail the day after. After her early release in June 2021, she made no public announcements until December 2023, when she wrote on social media that she had already moved to [[Canada]] in September that year to study for a master's degree at a university in [[Toronto]], and decided to go into exile.
 
==Personal life==
Chow has described her upbringing as [[Apoliticism|apolitical]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Haas|first=Benjamin|date=4 February 2018|title=Enemy of the state? Agnes Chow, the 21-year-old activist who has China worried|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/04/agnes-chow-hong-kong-activist-who-has-china-worried-democracy|access-date=17 July 2020|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404192258/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/04/agnes-chow-hong-kong-activist-who-has-china-worried-democracy|url-status=live}}</ref> Her [[Activism|social activism]] began around the age of 15, after being inspired by a [[Facebook]] post with thousands of young people agitating for change.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lyons|first=Kate|date=30 August 2019|title=Who are the arrested Hong Kong activists?|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/30/hong-kong-protests-key-activists-profiled-joshua-wong-agnes-chow-andy-chan|access-date=17 July 2020|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=13 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813011306/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/30/hong-kong-protests-key-activists-profiled-joshua-wong-agnes-chow-andy-chan|url-status=live}}</ref> According to Chow, her [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] upbringing had an influence on her participation in social movements.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Saliashvili|first1=Meagan|date=29 August 2019|title=Christian pro-democracy activists arrested in Hong Kong ahead of weekend's 'leaderless' protests|work=Religion Unplugged|url=https://religionunplugged.com/news/2019/8/19/hong-kong-activist-agnes-chow-faith-gives-us-belief-and-courage-to-fight-for-freedom|access-date=3 December 2023|archive-date=2 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202175913/https://religionunplugged.com/news/2019/8/19/hong-kong-activist-agnes-chow-faith-gives-us-belief-and-courage-to-fight-for-freedom|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In 2014, Chow attended [[Hong Kong Baptist University]], where she studied [[government]] and [[international relations]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ng|first=Jason Y.|date=25 January 2018|title=Interview: Pro-democracy by-election candidate Agnes Chow: who is she and why does she want your vote?|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2018/01/25/interview-pro-democracy-election-candidate-agnes-chow-want-vote/|access-date=17 July 2020|website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP|language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2018, Chow deferred her final year of university studies in order to run in the [[March 2018 Hong Kong by-elections|Hong Kong Island]] by-election]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Phillips|first=Tom|date=27 January 2018|title=Hong Kong authorities block pro-democracy candidate from byelection|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/27/hong-kong-authorities-block-pro-democracy-candidate-from-byelection|access-date=17 July 2020|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801170813/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/27/hong-kong-authorities-block-pro-democracy-candidate-from-byelection|url-status=live}}</ref> Chow also renounced her [[British nationality law and Hong Kong|British nationality]], which was a qualification requirement mandated by the [[Hong Kong Basic Law|Basic Law]].<ref name="HAFP">{{Cite web|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2018/01/25/interview-pro-democracy-election-candidate-agnes-chow-want-vote/|title=Interview: Pro-democracy by-election candidate Agnes Chow: who is she and why does she want your vote?|first=Jason Y.|last=Ng|date=25 January 2018|website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP|access-date=23 November 2020}}</ref>
 
Chow is fluent in [[Cantonese]], [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]], English, and Japanese.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Johnson|first=Jesse|date=4 June 2020|title=Hong Kong democracy activists press Japan to reconsider Xi visit|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/06/04/national/politics-diplomacy/hong-kong-pro-democracy-activists-press-tokyo-rethink-xis-visit-japan/|access-date=17 July 2020|website=The Japan Times|language=en-US|archive-date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713114815/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/06/04/national/politics-diplomacy/hong-kong-pro-democracy-activists-press-tokyo-rethink-xis-visit-japan/|url-status=live}}</ref> She taught herself Japanese by watching [[anime]].<ref name="HAFP" /> Chow has made appearances in Japanese media, interviews, and news programmes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 November 2019|title=Hong Kong's Pro-Democracy Vote is 'Blood Shed By Citizens' – Activist Agnes Chow Ting|url=https://japan-forward.com/hong-kongs-pro-democracy-vote-is-blood-shed-by-citizens-activist-agnes-chow-ting/|access-date=17 July 2020|website=JAPAN Forward|language=en-US|archive-date=4 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604153216/http://japan-forward.com/hong-kongs-pro-democracy-vote-is-blood-shed-by-citizens-activist-agnes-chow-ting/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Goddess of Democracy">{{Cite web|title=密着3年!香港の"民主の女神"【特集】|テレビ東京ビジネスオンデマンド|url=https://txbiz.tv-tokyo.co.jp/tokushu/post_4/|access-date=17 July 2020|website=テレビ東京ビジネスオンデマンド|language=ja|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124074802/https://txbiz.tv-tokyo.co.jp/tokushu/post_4/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Media outlets in [[Japan]] have referred to her as the "Goddess of Democracy" ({{lang-ja|民主の女神|Minshu no Megami|label=none}}) for her role in Hong Kong's [[2019–20 Hong Kong protests|pro-democracy movement]].<ref name="Tokyo Voice">{{Cite web|date=4 February 2020|title=「日本の皆さんは、まだ自分の力を自覚できてないんじゃないかと思います」 香港の民主化運動を世界に発信する大学生周庭が語る覚悟のVOICE(社会運動家・大学生/23歳)|url=https://tokyo-voice.jp/articles/agneschowting-hongkong/|access-date=17 July 2020|website=TOKYO VOICE WEB|language=ja|archive-date=4 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804231714/https://tokyo-voice.jp/articles/agneschowting-hongkong/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="PBS">{{Cite web|title=Inside the Battle for Hong Kong: "We're Now at War"|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/inside-the-battle-for-hong-kong-were-now-at-war/|access-date=17 July 2020|website=FRONTLINE|language=en-US|archive-date=4 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704110458/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/inside-the-battle-for-hong-kong-were-now-at-war/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In February 2020, Chow launched a [[YouTube (channel)|YouTube]] channel, where she uploaded [[vlog]]ging videos in Cantonese and Japanese.<ref>{{Cite news|last=陳|first=零|date=14 March 2020|title=周庭講日文做 YouTuber:希望日本人提起香港時,不再諗起成龍陳美齡|url=https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E5%91%A8%E5%BA%AD%E8%AC%9B%E6%97%A5%E6%96%87%E5%81%9A-youtuber-%E5%B8%8C%E6%9C%9B%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E4%BA%BA%E6%8F%90%E8%B5%B7%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%99%82-%E4%B8%8D%E5%86%8D%E8%AB%97%E8%B5%B7%E6%88%90%E9%BE%8D%E9%99%B3%E7%BE%8E%E9%BD%A1/|access-date=16 July 2020|archive-date=1 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701202710/https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E5%91%A8%E5%BA%AD%E8%AC%9B%E6%97%A5%E6%96%87%E5%81%9A-youtuber-%E5%B8%8C%E6%9C%9B%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E4%BA%BA%E6%8F%90%E8%B5%B7%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%99%82-%E4%B8%8D%E5%86%8D%E8%AB%97%E8%B5%B7%E6%88%90%E9%BE%8D%E9%99%B3%E7%BE%8E%E9%BD%A1/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{youTube|c=UCYstQdiN4QR-EgclyZ4IDfQ}}</ref> As of December 2020, Chow had over 300,000 subscribers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=These four 20-somethings are facing lengthy prison sentences. Here's why|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/dateline/these-four-20-somethings-are-facing-lengthy-prison-sentences-here-s-why|access-date=2021-02-14|website=Dateline|language=en|archive-date=14 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214050630/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/dateline/these-four-20-somethings-are-facing-lengthy-prison-sentences-here-s-why|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
On 28 June 2021, local Hong Kong media reported that Chow's Facebook profile had been deleted. Chow did not respond to reporter questions on whether she deleted her profile on her own.
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== Demosistō ==
[[File:香港眾志談立法會補選形勢3.jpg|thumb|right|Agnes Chow campaigning with [[Nathan Law]] for the [[2018 Hong Kong Island by-election]].]]
In the wake of Occupy, a new generation of younger, more radical democrats gained prominence and were looking to move into participatory politics. In April 2016, Chow co-founded [[political party]] [[Demosistō]] with [[Joshua Wong]] and [[Nathan Law]], also student leaders in the Occupy protests. She was the first deputy secretary-general of the party, from 2016 to 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Choi|first=Christy|title=Hong Kong's pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been "blacklisted" from Thailand|url=https://qz.com/800804/hong-kongs-pro-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-has-been-detained-in-thailand/|access-date=17 July 2020|website=Quartz|date=5 October 2016|language=en|archive-date=26 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426032407/https://qz.com/800804/hong-kongs-pro-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-has-been-detained-in-thailand/|url-status=live}}</ref> She campaigned with party chairman Law in the [[2016 Hong Kong legislative election|2016 Legislative Council election]], in which the latter was elected as the youngest-ever member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=The Rule of Nathan Law: Hong Kong's Youngest Lawmaker Arises|url=https://time.com/4479970/hong-kong-nathan-law-legislature-demosisto-democracy/|access-date=17 July 2020|magazine=Time|archive-date=1 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901134343/https://time.com/4479970/hong-kong-nathan-law-legislature-demosisto-democracy/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, she participated in the protest during the visit of [[CommunistChinese Party of China|Communist Party]] [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of China|General Secretary]]president [[Xi Jinping]], in which they covered the [[Golden Bauhinia Square|Golden Bauhinia statue]] with banners. She was arrested along with Law and Demosistō secretary-general Wong.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hong Kong police arrest democracy activists ahead of Xi Jinping visit|date=28 June 2017|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/28/joshua-wong-nathan-law-arrested-ahead-of-xi-jinping-hk-handover-visit.html|publisher=[[CNBC]]|access-date=10 November 2017|archive-date=10 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110225407/https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/28/joshua-wong-nathan-law-arrested-ahead-of-xi-jinping-hk-handover-visit.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
On 30 June 2020, Chow, Law and Wong announced that they had disbanded Demosistō.<ref>{{cite news | title=Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Agnes Chow quit Demosisto | url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/150051/Joshua-Wong,-Nathan-Law-and-Agnes-Chow-quit-Demosisto | language=en | work=The Standard | date=30 June 2020 | access-date=30 June 2020 | archive-date=2 July 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702075813/https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/150051/Joshua-Wong,-Nathan-Law-and-Agnes-Chow-quit-Demosisto | url-status=live }}</ref> The announcement came just hours before [[Beijing]] passed the [[2020 Hong Kong national security law|national security law]] in Hong Kong, which raised concerns of [[Political repression|political persecution]] of activists.<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 June 2020|title=Leaders of Hong Kong pro-democracy group Demosisto step down as security law passes|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2020/06/30/breaking-hong-kong-activists-joshua-wong-nathan-law-and-agnes-chow-withdraw-from-pro-democracy-demosisto-group-as-security-law-passes/|access-date=17 July 2020|website=Hong Kong Free Press|language=en-GB|archive-date=1 July 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200701050819/https://hongkongfp.com/2020/06/30/breaking-hong-kong-activists-joshua-wong-nathan-law-and-agnes-chow-withdraw-from-pro-democracy-demosisto-group-as-security-law-passes/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Submission|first=Internal|date=30 June 2020|title=Hong Kong democracy party Demosisto disbands over security law fears|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/06/30/asia-pacific/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-quits-demosisto/|access-date=17 July 2020|website=The Japan Times|language=en-US|archive-date=25 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725233318/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/06/30/asia-pacific/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-quits-demosisto/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She also said on Facebook that she is no longer conducting any international advocacy work.
 
== Legislative Council bid ==
After Law was ejected from the Legislative Council over the [[Hong Kong LegCo oath-taking controversy|oath-taking controversy]] in July 2017 and sentenced to imprisonment in August of the same year, Chow became Demosistō's candidate in the [[2018 Hong Kong Island by-election]].<ref>{{cite news|date=1 November 2017|title=周庭出戰港島補選! 「學民女神」有望成最年輕立法會議員|work=HK01|url=https://www.hk01.com/%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E/131500/%E5%91%A8%E5%BA%AD%E5%87%BA%E6%88%B0%E6%B8%AF%E5%B3%B6%E8%A3%9C%E9%81%B8-%E5%AD%B8%E6%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E7%A5%9E-%E6%9C%89%E6%9C%9B%E6%88%90%E6%9C%80%E5%B9%B4%E8%BC%95%E7%AB%8B%E6%B3%95%E6%9C%83%E8%AD%B0%E5%93%A1|access-date=10 November 2017|archive-date=4 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204031122/https://www.hk01.com/%E7%A4%BE%E6%9C%83%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E/131500/%E5%91%A8%E5%BA%AD%E5%87%BA%E6%88%B0%E6%B8%AF%E5%B3%B6%E8%A3%9C%E9%81%B8-%E5%AD%B8%E6%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E7%A5%9E-%E6%9C%89%E6%9C%9B%E6%88%90%E6%9C%80%E5%B9%B4%E8%BC%95%E7%AB%8B%E6%B3%95%E6%9C%83%E8%AD%B0%E5%93%A1|url-status=live}}</ref> To qualify for the election, she gave up her [[Renunciation of citizenship|British citizenship]].<ref name="HAFP" /> On 27 January 2018, her candidacy was disqualified by the [[Electoral Affairs Commission]] on the basis of that she "cannot possibly comply with the requirements of the relevant electoral laws, since advocating or promoting 'self-determination' is contrary to the content of the declaration that the law requires a candidate to make to uphold the [[Basic Law]] and pledge allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region."<ref name="SCMPbanned">{{cite news|date=27 January 2018|title=Political storm in Hong Kong as activist Agnes Chow banned from by-election over party's call for city's 'self-determination'|newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]]|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2130714/hong-kong-activist-agnes-chow-banned-legco-election|first1=Kimmy|last1=Chung|first2=Tony|last2=Cheung|access-date=13 September 2020|archive-date=27 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127034320/http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2130714/hong-kong-activist-agnes-chow-banned-legco-election|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Phillips">{{cite news|first=Tom|last=Phillips|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/27/hong-kong-authorities-block-pro-democracy-candidate-from-byelection|title=Hong Kong authorities block pro-democracy candidate from byelection|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=27 January 2018|access-date=13 September 2020|archive-date=17 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917080831/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/27/hong-kong-authorities-block-pro-democracy-candidate-from-byelection|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Michael Davis, a former law professor of the [[University of Hong Kong]], warned that Chow's disqualification was wrong and the government was on a "slippery slope".<ref name="SCMPbanned" /> Former university law dean [[Johannes Chan]] said there was no legal basis for such a move.<ref>{{Cite news|date=26 January 2018|title=陳文敏:從判詞、釋法、法例都無權撤銷姚松炎參選資格|work=眾新聞 CitizenNews|url=https://www.hkcnews.com/article/9720/%E9%99%B3%E6%96%87%E6%95%8F-%E5%AE%A3%E8%AA%93%E5%B0%B1%E8%81%B7-%E4%BA%BA%E5%A4%A7%E9%87%8B%E6%B3%95-9720/%E9%99%B3%E6%96%87%E6%95%8F%EF%BC%9A%E5%BE%9E%E5%88%A4%E8%A9%9E%E3%80%81%E9%87%8B%E6%B3%95%E3%80%81%E6%B3%95%E4%BE%8B%E9%83%BD%E7%84%A1%E6%AC%8A%E6%92%A4%E9%8A%B7%E5%A7%9A%E6%9D%BE%E7%82%8E%E5%8F%83%E9%81%B8%E8%B3%87%E6%A0%BC|access-date=16 July 2020|archive-date=1 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701011332/https://www.hkcnews.com/article/9720/%E9%99%B3%E6%96%87%E6%95%8F-%E5%AE%A3%E8%AA%93%E5%B0%B1%E8%81%B7-%E4%BA%BA%E5%A4%A7%E9%87%8B%E6%B3%95-9720/%E9%99%B3%E6%96%87%E6%95%8F%EF%BC%9A%E5%BE%9E%E5%88%A4%E8%A9%9E%E3%80%81%E9%87%8B%E6%B3%95%E3%80%81%E6%B3%95%E4%BE%8B%E9%83%BD%E7%84%A1%E6%AC%8A%E6%92%A4%E9%8A%B7%E5%A7%9A%E6%9D%BE%E7%82%8E%E5%8F%83%E9%81%B8%E8%B3%87%E6%A0%BC|url-status=dead}}</ref> Basic Law Committee member [[Albert Chen Hung-yee]] said election rules were not clear that returning officers had the power to disqualify candidates based on their political views.<ref name="SCMPbanned" /> [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] [[Carrie Lam]] asserted that "any suggestion of Hong Kong independence, self-determination, independence as a choice or self-autonomy is not in line with Basic Law requirements and deviates from the important principle of '[[one country two systems]]'."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2130714/hong-kong-activist-agnes-chow-banned-legco-election|title=Political storm in Hong Kong as activist Agnes Chow banned from by-election over party's call for city's 'self-determination'|first1=Kimmy|last1=Chung|first2=Tony|last2=Cheung|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=27 January 2018|access-date=5 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127034320/http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2130714/hong-kong-activist-agnes-chow-banned-legco-election |archive-date=27 January 2018|url-status=live|url-access=subscription }} Additional reporting by Emily Tsang. ''.'' 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.</ref> Had Chow been elected, she would have been Hong Kong's youngest-ever lawmaker, ahead of her colleague Nathan Law.<ref>[https://medium.com/shanghaiist/hong-kong-pro-democracy-activist-agnes-chow-banned-from-march-by-election-faab4986056 "Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow banned from March by-election."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207005259/https://medium.com/shanghaiist/hong-kong-pro-democracy-activist-agnes-chow-banned-from-march-by-election-faab4986056 |date=7 February 2018 }} ''Shanghaiist'' on [[Medium (website)|Medium]]. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.</ref>
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==Arrests, imprisonment and exile==
===Police headquarters assembly case===
Chow was arrested on 30 August 2019 at her [[Tai Po]] home for allegedly participating in, and inciting, an unauthorised assembly at Wan Chai [[Hong Kong Police Headquarters]] on 21 June 2019.<ref name="arresthkfp">{{cite news |last1=Grundy |first1=Tom |last2=Cheng |first2=Kris |title=Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow arrested, as pro-democracy leaders rounded up |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/08/30/breaking-hong-kong-activist-agnes-chow-arrested-pro-democracy-leaders-rounded/ |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=29 August 2019 |access-date=30 August 2019 |archive-date=4 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204031215/https://hongkongfp.com/2019/08/30/breaking-hong-kong-activist-agnes-chow-arrested-pro-democracy-leaders-rounded/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On the same day, many high-profile Hong Kong pro-democracy figures were arrested, including Joshua Wong, Au Nok-hin, [[Chan Ho-tin|Andy Chan]], and [[Jeremy Tam]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Details of Hong Kong protester arrests emerge|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3769949|access-date=17 July 2020|website=Taiwan News|date=31 August 2019|archive-date=15 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215145737/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3769949|url-status=live}}</ref> She was freed the same day on bail, but her [[smartphone]], like those of her fellow arrestees, was confiscated by police.<ref name=qz>{{cite web |title=Hong Kong's mass arrests are giving police crucial intelligence: people's phones |url=https://qz.com/1844937/hong-kongs-mass-arrests-give-police-access-to-phones/ |last=Hui |first=Mary |date=7 May 2020 |website=Quartz |access-date=27 May 2020 |archive-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520234049/https://qz.com/1844937/hong-kongs-mass-arrests-give-police-access-to-phones/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Amnesty International]] called the arrests "an outrageous assault" on freedom of expression.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Democracy activists in Hong Kong arrested in dawn swoop|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/08/hong-kong-joshua-wong-arrest/|access-date=17 July 2020|website=www.amnesty.org|date=30 August 2019|language=en|archive-date=14 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714152626/https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/08/hong-kong-joshua-wong-arrest/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=30 August 2019|title=Hong Kong police arrest top pro-democracy figures|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-49520025|access-date=17 July 2020|archive-date=30 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830154424/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-49520025|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Chow pleaded guilty to the charges on 6 July 2020, telling the media she was mentally prepared to be sentenced to imprisonment.<ref name="hqsiege">{{cite news |title=Police HQ siege: Agnes Chow admits two charges |url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/150392/Police-HQ-siege:-Agnes-Chow-admits-two-charges |work=The Standard |date=6 July 2020 |access-date=10 August 2020 |archive-date=19 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919215421/https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/150392/Police-HQ-siege:-Agnes-Chow-admits-two-charges |url-status=live }}</ref> She was formally convicted on 5 August 2020.<ref name="conviction2020">{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Brian |title=Hong Kong protests: activist Agnes Chow, associate of opposition figure Joshua Wong, convicted of inciting siege of police headquarters |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3096142/hong-kong-protests-opposition-activist-agnes-chow |work=South China Morning Post |date=5 August 2020 |access-date=10 August 2020 |archive-date=5 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805163305/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3096142/hong-kong-protests-opposition-activist-agnes-chow |url-status=live }}</ref>
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She was remanded at [[Tai Lam Centre for Women]] in [[Tuen Mun]] until the trial.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC百大女性榜|周庭獲選入2020年全球100大女性 BBC:她15歲已投入社運|url=https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201124/HWX4FQXCBFHSPP3LTCXMFLQ3VU/|access-date=2020-12-03|website=Apple Daily 蘋果日報|language=zh-hk|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129192817/https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201124/HWX4FQXCBFHSPP3LTCXMFLQ3VU/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Agnes Chow Ting released 20210612.jpg|thumb|Agnes Chow leaving the prison van after being released from prison]]
On 2 December 2020, Agnes Chow was sentenced to 10 months in jail (Joshua Wong — 13.5 months, Ivan Lam — 7 months). A judge in the trial, West Kowloon Magistrate Wong Sze-lai, pronounced accusation: "The defendants called on protesters to besiege the headquarters and chanted slogans that undermine the police force". [[Amnesty International]] condemned the sentencing, saying that the Chinese authorities "send a warning to anyone who dares to openly criticise the government that they could be next".<ref name="bbc_2_december_2020">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55154919 |title=Hong Kong: Joshua Wong and fellow pro-democracy activists jailed |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2 December 2020 |website=BBC |access-date=2 December 2020 |archive-date=2 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202083044/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55154919 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="scmp_2_december_2020">{{cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3112245/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-gets-over-year-jail |title=Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong, Ivan Lam, Agnes Chow jailed over 2019 Wan Chai police HQ siege |last=Lau |first=Chris |date=2 December 2020 |website=South China Morning Post |access-date=2 December 2020 |archive-date=2 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202080320/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3112245/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-gets-over-year-jail |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
She was initially imprisoned at the medium-security [[Lo Wu Correctional Institution]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=周庭獄中要着7件衫保暖 填色助療癒心靈 | 蘋果日報|url=https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20201230/QGRVKJJNXFBE7H3PHUXPS5DSJM/|access-date=2020-12-30|website=Apple Daily 蘋果日報|language=zh-hk|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229220606/https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20201230/QGRVKJJNXFBE7H3PHUXPS5DSJM/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 31 December 2020, local media reported that Chow had been transferred to the maximum-security Tai Lam Centre for Women (where she was previously remanded), after she was classified as a Category A prisoner.<ref>{{Cite web|title=消息指周庭變「甲級犯」轉往大欖女懲教所服刑 邵家臻驚訝與謀殺同級 | 蘋果日報|url=https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20201231/EKTQY2VAQRGUDGUQYW4MELULTQ/|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Apple Daily 蘋果日報|language=zh-hk|archive-date=31 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231083526/https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20201231/EKTQY2VAQRGUDGUQYW4MELULTQ/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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====International responses====
=====United States=====
US House of Representative Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] issued a statement calling "China’s brutal sentencing of these young champions of democracy in Hong Kong" as "appalling".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-02|title=Pelosi Statement on Sentencing of Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Leaders|url=https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/12220-4|access-date=2020-12-03|website=Speaker Nancy Pelosi|language=en|archive-date=2 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202172127/https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/12220-4|url-status=dead}}</ref> Pelosi further called on the world to denounce "this unjust sentencing and China’s widespread assault on Hong Kongers."<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-12-02|title=U.S. Congress 'seriously concerned' about Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong - Pelosi|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-hongkong-security-usa-pelosi-idUKKBN28C2T1|access-date=2020-12-03|archive-date=3 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203081429/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-hongkong-security-usa-pelosi-idUKKBN28C2T1/|url-status=livedead}}</ref> US Senator [[Marsha Blackburn]] also called the sentence destroying "any semblance of autonomy in Hong Kong."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong jailed for anti-government protest|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/joshua-wong-hong-kong-activist-jailed-anti-government-protest-n1249653|access-date=2020-12-03|website=NBC News|date=2 December 2020|language=en|archive-date=3 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203074645/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/joshua-wong-hong-kong-activist-jailed-anti-government-protest-n1249653|url-status=live}}</ref>
=====United Kingdom=====
UK Foreign Minister [[Dominic Raab]] issued a statement urging "Hong Kong and Beijing authorities to bring an end to their campaign to stifle opposition" in response to the prison sentences of the three pro-democracy activists.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Possible|first=We Will Respond as Soon as|title=Sentencing of 3 Hong Kong activists: Foreign Secretary's statement|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-statement-following-the-sentencing-of-three-hong-kong-activists|access-date=2020-12-03|website=GOV.UK|language=en|archive-date=3 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203102911/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-statement-following-the-sentencing-of-three-hong-kong-activists|url-status=live}}</ref>
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===National security case===
{{main|Agnes Chow arrest under National Security Law}}
Following the enactment of the national security law by the [[Standing Committee of the National People's Congress|NPCSC]] (SCNPC), Chow was arrested again on 10 August 2020, reportedly on charges of violating the national security law.<ref name="nslarrest">{{cite news |title=據報前眾志成員周庭涉違國安法被捕 一批便衣抵大埔住所 |url=https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%93%9A%E5%A0%B1%E5%89%8D%E7%9C%BE%E5%BF%97%E6%88%90%E5%93%A1%E5%91%A8%E5%BA%AD%E8%A2%AB%E6%8D%95-%E4%B8%80%E6%89%B9%E4%BE%BF%E8%A1%A3%E6%8A%B5%E5%A4%A7%E5%9F%94%E4%BD%8F%E6%89%80/ |work=[[Stand News]] |date=10 August 2020 |access-date=10 August 2020 |archive-date=22 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922093038/http://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%93%9A%E5%A0%B1%E5%89%8D%E7%9C%BE%E5%BF%97%E6%88%90%E5%93%A1%E5%91%A8%E5%BA%AD%E8%A2%AB%E6%8D%95-%E4%B8%80%E6%89%B9%E4%BE%BF%E8%A1%A3%E6%8A%B5%E5%A4%A7%E5%9F%94%E4%BD%8F%E6%89%80/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/hongkong-security-activist-chow/hong-kong-activist-agnes-chow-arrested-says-fellow-activist-idUSS8N2ES019 | title=Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow arrested, says fellow activist | publisher=Reuters | date=10 August 2020 | access-date=10 August 2020 | archive-date=28 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928225105/https://www.reuters.com/article/hongkong-security-activist-chow/hong-kong-activist-agnes-chow-arrested-says-fellow-activist-idUSS8N2ES019 | url-status=live }}</ref> The detainment took place amid a mass arrest of various pro-democracy figures on the same day, including media mogulproprietor [[Jimmy Lai]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Daphne K.|date=2020-08-11|title=#FreeAgnes Campaign Shows Solidarity With Hong Kong Activists|url=https://international.thenewslens.com/article/139079|access-date=2020-08-11|website=The News Lens International Edition|language=en|archive-date=29 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929192939/https://international.thenewslens.com/article/139079|url-status=live}}</ref> Chow's arrest sparked a worldwide social media campaign calling for her release, which also prompted statements from Japanese politicians and celebrities.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-11|title=Japanese come out in support of arrested Hong Kong activist|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/08/11/national/japanese-come-out-support-arrested-hong-kong-activist/|access-date=2020-08-11|website=The Japan Times|language=en-US|archive-date=17 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817061221/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/08/11/national/japanese-come-out-support-arrested-hong-kong-activist/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Reynolds|first=Isabel|date=2020-08-11|title=Japan's #FreeAgnes Campaign Shows Support for Detained Hong Kong Activist|work=Bloomberg|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-11/japan-s-freeagnes-push-shows-cooling-views-toward-china|access-date=2020-08-11|archive-date=11 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811135827/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-11/japan-s-freeagnes-push-shows-cooling-views-toward-china|url-status=live}}</ref> She was released on bail on 11 August 2020, where she said that her arrest was "political persecution and political suppression". She concluded that she still didn't understand why she had been arrested.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lo |first1=Clifford |last2=Leung |first2=Christy |last3=Lau |first3=Chris |title=National security law: Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai freed on bail as activist Agnes Chow calls her arrest 'political persecution and suppression' |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3096851/apple-daily-founder-jimmy-lai-taken-his-yacht-club-hong |access-date=12 August 2020 |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |date=12 August 2020 |archive-date=11 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811212315/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3096851/apple-daily-founder-jimmy-lai-taken-his-yacht-club-hong |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
 
===Exile===
On 3 December 2023, Chow made her first public announcement on [[Instagram]] since her release in June 2021, that she had already moved to Canada in September 2023 to study for a master's degree at a[[University university inof Toronto]].<ref name="UOT">{{Cite web|title=Chow put on wanted list as Hui declared bankrupt|url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/section/4/260222/Chow-put-on-wanted-list-as-Hui-declared-bankrupt|accessdate=2024-05-01|author=|date=2024-02-07|format=|work=[[The Standard (Hong Kong)|The Standard]]|publisher=|language=en}}</ref> Police had returned her passport after she had agreed to travel on a police-escorted tour to [[Shenzhen]]. She also said she had decided to jump bail in her national security case by not returning to Hong Kong later in December to report to police, out of consideration for her personal safety and well-being.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-67605633?s=09|title=Hong Kong: Protest leader Agnes Chow jumps bail|first=Vicky|last=Wong|work=[[BBC News]]|date=3 December 2023|access-date=3 December 2023|archive-date=4 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204031126/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-67605633?s=09|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/prominent-hong-kong-activist-quits-canada-after-two-year-silence-2023-12-03/|title=Prominent Hong Kong activist quits for Canada after two-year silence|first1=James|last1=Pomfret|first2=Jessie|last2=Pang|work=[[Reuters]]|date=3 December 2023|access-date=3 December 2023|archive-date=3 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203182159/https://www.reuters.com/world/prominent-hong-kong-activist-quits-canada-after-two-year-silence-2023-12-03/|url-status=live}}</ref> Chief Executive [[John Lee Ka-chiu|John Lee]] said that police "had offered leniency but in the end they were deceived". Secretary for Security [[Chris Tang]] said that "Chow's behavior might affect other arrested suspects who are showing genuine remorse and are earnestly trying to turn over a new leaf." Both refused to comment on the coerced Shenzhen tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/section/11/258488/Chow-%27deception%27-slammed-after-police-offer-of-leniency|title=Chow 'deception' slammed after police offer of leniency|first=Michael|last=Shum|work=[[The Standard (Hong Kong)|The Standard]]|date=6 December 2023|access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-67645172|title=Agnes Chow: Fugitive activist says Hong Kong is now a 'place of fear'|first=Kelly|last=Ng|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=7 December 2023|access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref>
 
==Awards==
Chow was on the list of the BBC's [[100 Women (BBC)|100 Women]] announced on 23 November 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-11-23|title=BBC 100 Women 2020: Who is on the list this year?|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-55042935|access-date=2020-11-23|archive-date=23 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123211617/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-55042935|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
On the list of the FT’sFinancial Times Magazine’s 25 most influential women of 2021
<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-12-02|title=The FT’sFT's 25 most influential women of 2021 |language=en-GB|work=FT Magazine|url=https://www.ft.com/womenof2021}}</ref>
 
On the list of Forbes Japan’s list of the 50 most influential social media accounts announced on 25 September 2019
<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-09-26|title=Forbes Japan's list of the 50 most influential social media accounts |language=en-GB|work=FT Magazine|url=https://forbesjapan.com/magazine/detail/104}}</ref>
 
== Filmography ==