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What major event brought Wong into the political spotlight?

  • 2014 Hong Kong protests

  • 2010 Nobel Prize

  • 2012 US Elections

  • 2013 Snowden revelations

Answer

Wong became politically prominent during the 2014 Hong Kong protests, also known as the Umbrella Movement, a 79-day pro-democracy civil disobedience movement that aimed to influence the methods for selecting the Chief Executive of Hong Kong in 2017.
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