Unmasked Chinese fake quits HK - but keeps phony persona

An American who posed as a Hong Kong, Chinese man - who wrote anti-China articles - has been outed by Grayzone. 

The Grayzone said that Twitter user Kong Tsung-gan first emerged in 2015, with commentaries about the Occupy Movement. Until late last year, a black-and-white mugshot of an unknown Asian person was used as the account's avatar.

In one blog post, he claimed he attended a Band 1 government school - which led readers to believe he was a Hong Kong native.

"Kong," the author of Liberate Hong Kong: Stories From The Freedom Struggle, was popular with Western media who often referred to him as a Hong Kong writer and activist.

But Blumenthal questioned if people were aware that it was in fact a Chinese persona adopted by an American man.

The Standard 

Unmasked Chinese fake quits HK - but keeps phony persona