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Benny Tai

戴耀廷　/　たい・ようてい

American docent

July 12, 1964 (age 61)　・　British Hong Kong, United States

docent
politician
teacher

My Take

Benny Tai is not a figure I can write about lightly. A legal scholar at the University of Hong Kong, he stepped out of the lecture hall to co-found Occupy Central with Love and Peace, demanding genuine universal suffrage for his city. Born in Hong Kong in 1964, he could have spent a quiet career teaching law; instead he chose conviction at enormous personal cost. There is a particular gravity to an academic who refuses the safety of the sidelines. His name is bound to an entire chapter of Hong Kong's history, and recording it here feels less like commentary than a small act of respect.

Overview

Benny Tai Yiu-ting (Chinese: 戴耀廷; born 12 July 1964) is a Hong Kong legal scholar, political figure, and democracy activist. He was an associate professor of law at the University of Hong Kong. From 2013, Tai launched and is known for his initiation of the Occupy Central with Love and Peace, as he considered Hong Kong to lack "true universal suffrage" and should participate in an Occupy movement to win universal suff…

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1. Profile

Name (English): Benny Tai
Name (Japanese): 戴耀廷
Reading: たい・ようてい
Born: July 12, 1964 (age 61)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Dragon
Origin: British Hong Kong, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: docent / politician / teacher / jurist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Hong Kong

Awards & achievements

Medal of Honour

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%88%B4%E8%80%80%E5%BB%B7

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