15 Years After Tiananmen: Is Democracy in China's Future?

2004-06-03T10:00:00
419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

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The Congressional-Executive Commission on China held a full hearing, with the theme "15 Years After Tiananmen: Is Democracy in China's Future?" on Thursday, June 3, 2004, from 10:00 AM until 12:00 Noon in Room SD-419 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. This hearing both commemorated the 15th anniversary of the suppression of the democracy movement in and around Tiananmen Square in Beijing, examined its legacy, and looked ahead to assess whether this anniversary might prompt official reassessment of Tiananmen and begin a process of political liberalization.

Opening Statements

Representative Jim Leach, Chairman

Senator Chuck Hagel, Cochairman

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Representative Joseph Pitts

Witnesses

Panel 1

Mr. Randall Schriver, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State

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Panel 2

Mr. Wang Youcai, Former Student Leader

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Ms. Lu Jinghua, Former Worker's Federation Leader

Dr. Andrew Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, Columbia University

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Ms. Sharon Hom, Executive Director, Human Rights in China; Professor of Law Emeritus, City University of New York School of Law

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Issues: Institutions of Democratic Governance