Hearing on Hong Kong’s Summer of Discontent and U.S. Policy Responses

This hearing will examine developments in Hong Kong and the future of U.S.-Hong Kong relations in light of the ongoing demonstrations and the escalating tensions caused by police violence and threats by the Chinese government against Hong Kong’s autonomy. Witnesses will provide first-hand testimony about current events in Hong Kong, discuss the Chinese government’s role in Hong Kong’s political crisis, and offer recommendations for the U.S. Administration and Congress.

WITNESSES:

Joshua Wong: Secretary-General, Demosistō and “Umbrella Movement” Leader

Denise Ho: Pro-democracy Activist and Cantopop Singer and Actress

Sunny Cheung: Spokesperson, Hong Kong Higher Education International Affairs Delegation (HKIAD)

Sharon Hom: Executive Director, Human Rights in China and Professor of Law Emerita, City University of New York

Dan Garrett, PhD: Author, Counter-hegemonic Resistance in China’s Hong Kong: Visualizing Protest in the City (2014)

Joshua Wong now

Sunny Cheung now

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Sharon Hom