Growing Constraints on Language and Ethnic Identity in Today’s China

Virtually via Cisco Webex | Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - 10:00am

Opening Statements

Senator Jeff Merkley, Chair

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Representative James McGovern, Cochair

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Witnesses

Gerald Roche: Senior Research Fellow, Department of Politics, Media, and Philosophy, La Trobe University; Co-Chair, Global Coalition for Language Rights

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Enghebatu Togochog: Director, Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center

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Lhadon Tethong: Director, Tibet Action Institute

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Abduweli Ayup: Founder of Uyghur Hjelp, linguist, poet, and former political prisoner

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