Benny Ta Yiu-ting, Associate Professor of Law at Hong Kong University, is widely credited with sparking the Occupy Central campaign in January 2013. Tai has frequently commented that the current Occupy Central movement, which has since spread well beyond the “Central” neighborhood of Hong Kong, has expanded well beyond his initial expectations, leading to significant organizational challenges.

“Benny Ta Yiu-ting, Associate Professor of Law at Hong Kong University, is widely credited with sparking the Occupy Central campaign in January 2013. Tai has frequently commented that the current Occupy Central movement, which has since spread well beyond the “Central” neighborhood of Hong Kong, has expanded well beyond his initial expectations, leading to significant organizational challenges.,” Mapping Cultural Space Across Eurasia, accessed April 18, 2024, https://eurasia.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/234.