Chan Kin-man (, born 9 March 1959) is a former associate professor of Sociology at the

Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public research university in Ma Liu Shui, Hong Kong, formally established in 1963 by a charter granted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It is the territory's second-oldest university and ...

. He is one of the founders of the

Occupy Central with Love and Peace Occupy Central with Love and Peace (OCLP) was a single-purpose Hong Kong civil disobedience campaign initiated by Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, Benny Tai and Chan Kin-man on 27 March 2013. The campaign was launched on 24 September 2014, partially lea ...

campaign that strove for

universal suffrage Universal suffrage (also called universal franchise, general suffrage, and common suffrage of the common man) gives the right to vote to all adult citizens, regardless of wealth, income, gender, social status, race, ethnicity, or political sta ...

for the Hong Kong Chief Executive Election in 2017. In his undergraduate days, Chan was an avid reader and a passionate student activist. In 1983, he graduated from the Department of Sociology of CUHK, and began participating in community work for several years. By walking with the marginal communities, Chan experienced the multitude of social problems, and vowed to push for reforms on the consciousness and institutional levels. Since 1993, he has been teaching at th
Department of Sociology at CUHK
and will be retiring in 2019. Chan enjoys teaching, and has been honoured as the best lecturer by university and student organizations on multiple occasions. On the other hand, his research interests and social participation concern the development of civil societies and democracy in Chinese communities. Over the years in Mainland China and Hong Kong, he has served various positions in the public services, and set up a number of non-governmental organizations. He is currently the director of the Hong Kong Civil Education Foundation and member of the executive committee of the Hong Kong Democratic Development Network. In March, 2013, Chan, together with Benny Tai and Chu Yiu-ming, initiated the nonviolent civil disobedience campaign “

”, to call for universal suffrage in Hong Kong, which sowed the seeds for the now globally-known

Umbrella Movement The Umbrella Movement () was a political movement that emerged during the Hong Kong democracy protests of 2014. Its name arose from the use of umbrellas as a tool for passive resistance to the Hong Kong Police's use of pepper spray to dispe ...

in 2014. In 2019, Chan was sentenced to 16 months in prison for his role in the

Life and career

Chan graduated from Concordia Lutheran Middle School in 1979, and earned a degree of

Bachelor of Social Science The academic undergraduate degree of Bachelor of Social Science (BSS, B.Soc.Sc., or B.Soc.Sci.) requires three to four years of study in the social sciences at an institution of higher education, primarily found in the Commonwealth of Nations. I ...

Sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation an ...

of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1983, and

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

Master of Philosophy The Master of Philosophy (MPhil; Latin ' or ') is a postgraduate degree. In the United States, an MPhil typically includes a taught portion and a significant research portion, during which a thesis project is conducted under supervision. An MPhil ...

and

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in Sociology of

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the w ...

in 1990, 1991 and 1995 respectively.

Early life

Chan was a member of

Chung Chi College The Chung Chi College is one of the constituent colleges of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and one of the three original colleges that joined to form the CUHK in 1963. Founded in 1951 by representatives of Protestant churches in ...

of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was actively involved in student movements, and served in th
Student Union of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
as the external secretary, alongside notable alumni Andy Ho On-tat and Ricky Wong Wai-kay. After graduating from university in 1983, Chan committed to community work to promote the rights of the marginalized. In 1988, Chan received a scholarship to attend

. He studied political Sociology and China studies under the supervision of political scientist Juan J. Linz and sociologis
Deborah Davis
He completed his

and

in Sociology at Yale in 1990, 1991 and 1995 respectively.About me - Chan Kin-man

Teaching career

In 1993, Chan began teaching at the Sociology Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is now an associate professor of Sociology and lecturer in Liberal Studies at Shaw College. He was formerly the director o
Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies
and the director of the Centre for Civil Society Studies. Beyond CUHK, Chan had been a visiting professor, PhD supervisor and chair of the Institute for Civil Society at the

Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University (, abbreviated SYSU and colloquially known in Chinese as Zhongda), also known as Zhongshan University, is a national key public research university located in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It was founded in 1924 by and nam ...

in China, also a researcher at the

National Chengchi University National Chengchi University () is a public research university in Taipei. The university is also considered as the earliest public service training facility of the Republic of China. First established in Nanjing in 1927, the university was subs ...

in Taiwan. Chan has received multiple teaching awards from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, including the 1999-2000 Exemplary Teaching Award, 1997-1998 Most Popular Lecturer (Sociology Department), and 1995-1996 Best Lecturer (General Education and Elective Courses).

Media

Chan writes about Hong Kong's democracy issues in Hong Kong newspaper ''

Ming Pao ''Ming Pao'' () is a Chinese-language newspaper published by Media Chinese International in Hong Kong. In the 1990s, ''Ming Pao'' established four overseas branches in North America; each provides independent reporting on local news and colle ...

'', and
Civil Society
', a magazine of the

that concerns China's NGO environment. He used to be a guest host of the

RTHK Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) is the public broadcasting service in Hong Kong. GOW, the predecessor to RTHK, was established in 1928 as the first broadcasting service in Hong Kong. As a government department under the Commerce and Econo ...

current affairs program. Chan was an independent non-executive directors of the Hong Kong Television Network Limited until July 2013.

Participation in public affairs

During his early career, Chan focused on corruption issues in China. In recent years, his research focus has shifted to the development of Chinese civil society. He believes that improvements in China's governance can only take place if there is a balanced development of the government, economy and civil society. He once made a statement in 2014: “While it is important to supervise and reform the systems of the chief executive and the legislature, yet more has to be done if we want to establish a real democratic system. A healthy democracy requires support from a strong civil society.”

Public participation

Chan has served as a member on the Community Research Sub-committee of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and the Committee on Promoting Acceptance of People Living with HIV/AIDS of the Hong Kong Advisory Council on AIDS. In 2002, he co-founded civil society group Hong Kong Democratic Development Network with the Reverend Chu Yiu-ming and others. He is the convener of the scholar committee of the Network.

Occupy Central with Love and Peace

On March 27, 2013, Chan, HKU law professor Benny Tai and the Reverend Chu Yiu-ming issued a public statement on “Occupy Central with Love and Peace,” announcing the start of the nonviolent campaign for universal suffrage rights in Hong Kong. After the end of the Umbrella Movement, in February 2015, Chan said in an interview: “The younger generation understands the difference between genuine and fake universal suffrage, and the moral power of nonviolence, at the same time, their life energy evolved, and seek for more aggressive resistance. Not all of them agree with the principle of ‘love and peace’, when faced with the choice between civil disobedience and war games. They want radical structural changes, and not just a lesson on civic education. They want equality, mutual respect, being heard, dialogue, democracy, freedom and autonomy. They despise hegemony, corporate greed, bureaucracy, kitsch and selfishness. They believe that they will lose everything, if they make any sort of compromise. A poll by the Chinese University of Hong Kong noted 80 percent of the young respondents want to see the implementation of universal suffrage as soon as possible, and as many as 62 percent of those aged between 15 and 24, supported the Umbrella Movement. The pro-government camp will not get what they want, and the real loser will be the government, because no one can destroy an entire generation." In 2019, Chan was sentenced to 16 months in prison for his role in the

Research interests

# Civil society # Political Sociology # Democracy # China Studies

Academic publications in English

* 2015 �
Occupying Hong Kong: How deliberation, referendum and civil disobedience played out in the Umbrella Movement
" In ''International Journal on Human Rights.'' * 2014 “Societal Support for China’s Grass-Roots NGOs: Evidence from Yunnan, Guangdong and Beijing." In ''The China Journal'' no. 71, pp. 65–90. (With Spires, Anthony J., Lin Tao) * 2013 �
An Overview of Social Enterprise Development in China and Hong Kong
" In ''Journal of Ritsumelkan Social Sciences and Humanities'' vol.5 pp. 165–178. (With Yuen Yiu Kai Terence) * 2013 “The Rise of Civil Society in China." In ''Towards a New Development Paradigm in Twenty-First Century China: Economy, Society and Politics'' ed. by Eric Florence, Pierre Defraigne. pp. 179–202. * 2012 “Graduated Control and Beyond: The Evolving Government-NGO Relations." In ''China perspectives''. No. 2012/3. pp. 9–17. (With Prof. Fengshi Wu) * 2010 “ Commentary on Hsu: Graduated Control and NGO Responses: Civil Society as Institutional Logic" in ''Journal of Civil Society'' Vol. 6, No. 3, 301–306. * 2009 �
Civil Society and Social Capital in China
�� in ''International Encyclopedia of Civil Society'' Pp 242 – 247. New York: Springer * 2009 �
Harmonious Society
�� in ''International Encyclopedia of Civil Society'' Pp 821 – 825. New York: Springer * 2005. �
Chinese NGOs Strive to Survive
" ''In Social Transformation in Chinese Societies'', Vol. 1, pp. 131–159. * 2005. “The Development of NGOs under a Post-Totalitarian Regime: The Case of China". In ''Civil Life, Globalization, and Political Change in Asia: Organizing Between Family and State''. Edited by Robert Wellner. (NY: Routledge) pp. 20–41. * 2005. “Friends and Criticis of the State: The Case of Hong Kong". In ''Civil Life, Globalization, and Political Change in Asia: Organizing Between Family and State''. Edited by Robert Wellner. (NY: Routledge ) pp. 58–75. (With Tai-lok Lui, Hsin-chi Kuan and Sunny Cheuk-wah Chan) * 2003. “The Consequences of Home Ownership". In ''Indicators of Social Development: Hong Kong 2001.'' Edited by Shiu-kai Lau, Ming-kwan Lee, Po-san Wan and Siu-lun Wong (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) pp. 233–247. (With Deborah Davis ) * 2003. “Current Challenges and Anti-corruption Measures in Hong Kong". In ''The Enemy Within: Combating Corruption in Asia''. (Singapore: Eastern Universities Press ), pp. 109–130. * 2002. “Resistance of the Neighbourhood Community to the AIDS Treatment Facilities – Case Study of Kowloon Bay Health Centre" (Hong Kong: Red Ribbon Centre). * 2001. “Uncertainty, Acculturation and Corruption in Hong Kong", ''International Journal of Public Administration'', Vol.24, No.9, pp. 909–928. * 2000. “Towards an Integrated Model of Corruption: Opportunities and Control in China, " ''International Journal of Public Administration'', Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 507–551. * 1999. “When the Lifeboat is Overloaded: Social Support and Enterprise Reform in China" ''Communist and Post-Communist Studies'', Vol. 32, pp. 305–318. (with Haixiong Qiu) * 1999. “Intermediate Organizations and Civil Society: The Case of Guangzhou". In ''China Review 1999''. Edited by Chong Chor Lau & Geng Xiao (Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press), pp. 259–284. * 1999. “Corruption in China: A Principal-Agent Perspective." In ''Handbook of Comparative Public Administration in the Asia-Pacific Basin.'' H.K. Edited by Wong & Hon S. Chan (NY: Marcel Dekker), pp. 299–324. * 1998. “Small Government, Big Society: Social Organizations and Civil Society in China." ''China Area Studies Series'', (by Tokyo University, Japan) No.8, pp. 34–47. (with Haixiong Qiu) * 1997. “Combating Corruption and the ICAC." In ''The Other Hong Kong Report'' (Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press), pp. 101–121.

References

External links

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Urgent Action: Nine umbrella movement leaders to stand trial
Amnesty International, Nov 22, 2018
Hong Kong activists on trial for pioneering the 'Umbrella' protests
BBC News, Nov 19, 2018

BBC News
What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement
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