Select Committee on CCP Roundtable - "The Future of Hong Kong: U.S. Policy Going Forward"
WASHINGTON, D.C.- This afternoon the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party held roundtable in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. titled "The Future of Hong Kong: U.S. Policy Going Forward."
In the roundtable, lawmakers and experts addressed the Hong Kong government’s prosecution of pro-democracy activists and its transnational repression on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party, the implication of deteriorating rule of law in Hong Kong to the United States, and how the United States government should respond to what is happening in Hong Kong.
The experts participating in the roundtable included:
- Jonathan Price, Member of Jimmy Lai's Legal Team
- Frances Hui, The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation
- Joey Siu, Hong Kong Activist
Watch highlights from the roundtable below.
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Chairman John Moolenaar on why the Chinese Communist Party's oppression of Hong Kong matters to the United States:
“The answer is that the core values of the American people are at stake.
When the CCP breaks its word to respect the freedom of Hong Kong through one-country two-systems, it is breaking its word to the entire world.”
Click HERE for Chairman Moolenaar's opening remarks as prepared for delivery.
Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi:
“We were promised one country, two systems. Instead what we see is one country, one system, one party, one ruler: Xi Jinping.
One man has decided that Hong Kong is no longer going to abide by what was promised to the rest of the world.”
Jonathan Price, Member of Jimmy Lai's legal team:
“A robust rule of law and free media are essential for Hong Kong’s future…
Hong Kong can seek to demonstrate these values by releasing Jimmy Lai immediately and that’s what we call upon it to do.”
Frances Hui, The Committee on Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation:
"Since Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China, the Chinese Communist Party should not have two diplomatic representations in the United States.”
Joey Siu, Hong Kong Activist:
“[Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices] are the extended branches of the CCP….
They are the arms of the propaganda machine. They are the overseas police stations of the Hong Kong government that surveils and spies on Hong Kong activists and American citizens.”