Sunday, October 20, 2019

Hong Kong’s Spiritual Battle

With parishioners split over politics, pastors try to keep churches together.



Drawing from her personal experiences in Hong Kong, WSJ Editorial Page writer Jillian Melchior looks at the escalating use of police force and the concern that facial-recognition technology and AI will be used to go after protesters for years to come. Image: Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images


By
Jillian Kay Melchior Oct. 17, 2019 6:37 pm ET

Hong Kong

A young protester here faced a moral dilemma: As a Christian, he felt violence was wrong. He also felt a duty to fight back against an oppressive government. “Can I throw bricks?” he asked Pastor Daniel Chan.


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