二、不僅是發表聲明，或繼續如去年成為全球首國停止出口武器予香港黑警的定調，英方如今更打算大幅度修改簽證制度，如首相約翰遜（Boris Johnson）早前便已開腔表態，擬放寬英國國民海外護照（BNO）持有人的工作權和旅居英國期限，甚至進一步研究向他們提供居英權。

三、正當英國政壇積極關注香港形勢，感謝泰晤士報（The Times）的記者Ben Machell適時聯絡我進行深度長訪，讓我在這個長達三千字的《Visas are only a lifeboat for Hong Kong. You must stand up to China》訪談裡，詳細說明我對當今港、英和中三方關系的研判。

四、訪問期間，我強調英國能為香港人提供「救生艇」當然是好事，但更重要的是英國作為信奉自由、民主價值的國際盟友，其實目前有條件和基礎施壓，嘗試拉倒國安惡法，如考慮透過經濟制裁、叫停華為5G項目，甚或善用聯合國安理會的平台，譴責中方違反《聯合聲明》。

五、除了提議一系列的外交手段，得以向北京施壓，我也藉著這個訪問，跟國際社會解說最新形勢，如在香港人所皆知的「常識」，很可能海外讀者也是一知半解，諸如送中條例撤回以後，為何抗爭仍然持續，這個當然與警暴，以致國安法有過之而無不及的可怕，有密切關系。

六、不論是九千人被捕、當中三份一為學生、十六歲少男被起訴暴動罪可能判監十年，還是如「熊仔餅」等義士曾被真槍實彈擊中，也許我們在時代革命當中，覺得老生常談的事實，還是總要在國際媒體羅列出來，方能讓他們知道事態何等嚴重。

七、至於為何眾多國家也有國安法，唯獨《港版國安法》務必反對，我則嘗試言簡意賅地強調，在香港有叫林鄭下台的自由，在大陸沒有叫習近平下台的自由，而在惡法於港實施以後，到底高呼習總下台會有何後果，是否違法，根本也是未知之數。

八、不管稱為文字獄也好，還是黨安法也好，簡而言之就是以言入罪即將成為現實。縱然硬仗難以取勝，但在國際角力如何增加香港抗爭籌碼，還是每天我在嘗試推進的小事情，希望讓中共意識到，他們總不能夠恃著自己所謂的經濟實力，在侵害人權的問題上為所欲為。

九、最後，適逢英國外相正與中方討論貿易協訂，除了再度呼籲把國安法實施與否納入談判議程，我更希望香港人意識到，在港英關系，和英國戰線當中的關鍵詞，不僅得「居英權」三字，還有華為、安理會、匯豐、制裁、聯合聲明等槓桿可以善用，好讓我們鼓動盟友反制中共。

十、尋找救生艇，重要；作兩手準備，仍是人之常情，但在國際戰線的遊說，除了作最壞打算，爭取各國救援，為香港有一批需要離港的朋友作準備；我們在此時此刻，還是可以多想一想，在居英權益和找多一本護照之外，國際戰線反擊的空間仍然存在。大家撐著，好好加油。

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Joshua Wong tells Ben Machell that Beijing needs to learn that its power has limits.

In September, the proposed extradition bill was finally withdrawn, but Mr Wong reflects on the aftermath of the protests — and the police repression they resulted in — with anger rather than any sense of triumph. “High school students were being fired on with live rounds,” he says, indignant. “More than 3,000 students have been arrested since last summer. A 16-year-old kid was prosecuted on riot charges and faces a jail sentence of ten years. The youngest arrested student was 11. That is the nightmare Hong Kong is facing.”

“Right now, if anyone calls upon Carrie Lam to step down, it would be recognised as free speech. But if anyone lives in Beijing and calls for President Xi to step down, he or she might be disappeared. If the security law is introduced, then this anti-subversion legislation will apply in here as well,” he says. “Beijing is trying to turn Hong Kong into another mainland city.”

On the one hand, Mr Wong says, this is positive. “Most Hongkongers welcome the visa offer, and it’s good to let Beijing know that other countries still stand with Hong Kong,” he says. Last year, after the police brutality witnessed in the summer protests, “the UK was the first country to say it would stop the export of riot weapons to the Hong Kong police. Which is a remarkable move. Really impressive”.

But then, Mr Wong continues, Mr Johnson’s visa plan is only really “a lifeboat” for the people of Hong Kong. By which he means, if they end up having to use it, it will only be because something disastrous will have happened. And why should Britain, if our ties of history and friendship really are so profound, allow something disastrous to happen to Hong Kong?

“The focus should be ‘how can we stop the implementation of this evil law?’,” Mr Wong says. “That’s why we call on the UK government to impose the necessary sanctions in order to push for the withdrawal of the bill, and for China to honour its promise of autonomy.” He also politely suggests that we expel Huawei from our 5G infrastructure plans.

“This kind of state-directed telecom company will just export authoritarian ideology. It will erode the liberal values we all believe in.” He is sympathetic to the fact that we have our own problems, which make throwing our diplomatic weight around a little harder. “After Brexit, maybe Britain has to kowtow more to China, because after leaving the European Union, they have to maintain business relations. But of course the UK could do more. What would have to happen for the UK to openly declare Beijing to be in violation of the Joint Declaration and file a complaint with the United Nations Security Council? That’s the thing the UK has always hesitated to do in the past.”

Mr Wong was born in 1996, which means he should be eligible for one of Mr Johnson’s proposed visas, though he seems unsure about this. “I don’t hold a BNO passport and I am not sure whether I fit the qualification or not.” And while he is too young to remember British rule and of God Save The Queen being broadcast on the radio, he and his friends grew up reading Harry Potter, something that would have been impossible just a few miles away on the Chinese mainland.

“The most important issue now is how we keep momentum building on a local level, but also keep the spotlight on Hong Kong globally. “We need the world to stand with us. We need vocal allies,” he says, frustration creeping into his voice for the first time. “Even though China is the second largest superpower in the world, they need to see that they can’t just do whatever they want.”