Chloe Cheung

Chloe Cheung (, born 5 February 2005) is a Hong Kong social activist. Exiled from Hong Kong, she lives in London, UK, where she works as a junior manager for the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong. Her activism and advocacy for democracy in Hong Kong have gained the attention of Chinese officials and the Hong Kong Police. In December 2024, the Hong Kong Police issued a HK$1,000,000 reward for any information leading to her arrest. Accused of ‘secession’ and ‘collusion with foreign forces’, Cheung is the youngest person on the list of Wanted Persons of National Security Cases. Despite living abroad and her inability to return to Hong Kong, Cheung continues to fight for the freedom of Hong Kong.

Personal life

Cheung spent the majority of her life in Hong Kong. She attended True Light Middle School, a prestigious all-girls school on Hong Kong Island.

Activism Cheung’s first taste of activism was at the 2019 Hong Kong protests, which she attended with friends. At these protests, she saw the brutality of the Hong Kong police/regime firsthand. At one of these protests, she witnessed a Hong Kong police officer step on a protester’s neck, which heavily impacted her. After moving to Leeds in 2021, Cheung’s activism journey really began to flourish. She made a submission to the UN on the experiences of women during the 2019-2020 protests. Upon receiving this account, the UN invited her to their office in Geneva to join an NGO meeting on the topic.

Cheung founded several Hong Kong activist and support groups in Leeds. The same year that she arrived in Leeds, she founded Hong Kongers in Leeds, a group for Hong Kong people based in Leeds that advocates for freedom in Hong Kong.

Despite being abroad, Cheung continued to lobby for the Hong Kong cause in covert and overt ways. In 2023, Cheung was hired to work as a communications assistant for the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong, where she continued to lobby for the Hong Kong cause. Specialists talked about how the erosion of freedoms and autonomy forced the international companies, journalists, and NGOs to flee. Later that year, Cheung’s dedication and efforts were rewarded with her nomination for the Freedom of Expression Campaigning Award by the Index on Censorship.

In January 2026, the UK government granted planning permission for the redevelopment of Royal Mint Court in London into a Chinese embassy complex, described in the media as a "mega-embassy". In response to the news, Cheung stated that the decision means "more interference, more influence operations and more intimidations of people like me".

Arrest warrant On 24 December 2024, Chinese authorities added Cheung to their ever-growing list of Wanted Persons of National Security Cases.She woke up on Christmas morning to a bombardment of texts and calls from her friends, but instead of wishes of holiday cheer, they were warnings of the HK$1,000,000 bounty on her head. Accused of ‘incitement to secession’ and ‘collusion with foreign forces’, Cheung is officially the youngest wanted person by the Hong Kong Police and Chinese Government. Pictured on the arrest warrant is a black and white image of Cheung at eleven years old— the only photo that the government appears to have on file for her. Instead of cowering in fear, she exclaimed that the repression will not silence her and that this warrant will only make her become braver and stronger. She signs off the post with a message to the Chinese regime: “Finally, I want to ask: How fragile, incompetent, and cowardly does a regime have to be to believe that a 19-year-old, ordinary Hong Konger like me could "endanger" and "separatize" the country? And how panicked does it have to be to offer a million-dollar reward for my arrest?”. She testified about the mental, emotional, and physical effects that she has suffered since being listed as a wanted person by the Hong Kong Government. She shared that “fear has now become part of [her] daily reality”, referring to the time that she was followed to a restaurant by two suspicious Chinese individuals and the need for her to carry self-protection devices at all times. She highlighted the way that the warrant has affected her social connections in immense ways, as many of her friends and family back in Hong Kong have completely cut off contact with her in fear of punishment by the Hong Kong government. She also questioned the Government on what their response would be if something happened to her or another bounty activist. She never received a formal or direct response to her questions. The Government merely responded with the statement that the UK does not tolerate any intimidation or threats towards any individual living in the UK.