Jason is a co-founder and former president (2016-2019) of PEN Hong Kong, a bilingual, not-for-profit society of Hong Kong-based writers, poets, publishers, editors, translators, journalists and academics. Founded in 2016 as one of 140 centers of PEN International, PEN Hong Kong was a bilingual platform that brought together the Chinese language and English language literary circles to promote literature and defend free expression.

Between 2016 and 2020, PEN Hong Kong actively promoted literature and free speech by:

• organizing talks, writing competitions, and poetry reading;
• publishing articles, reports, and books relating to free speech issues; and
• collaborating with Radio & Television Hong Kong (RTHK), the Hong Kong International Literary Festival, and the University of Hong Kong, among other organizations.

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