Simon Elegant
Hong Kong–born journalist and novelist who served as Time magazine Beijing bureau chief and was the Washington Post's China correspondent; author of the novel City on Fire about the 2019 Hong Kong protests.
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May 9, 2026 • 50min
Hong Kong Burning: Simon Elegant on the 2019 Protests
Simon Elegant, Hong Kong–born journalist and novelist who covered China for Time and the Washington Post, discusses his thriller City on Fire. He traces Hong Kong's colonial roots, the erosion of one country, two systems, and the mass 2019 protests. Short takes on police culture, identity, emigration after the crackdown, and why fiction can reveal moral complexity.
