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

419 Dirksen Senate Office Building | Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 10:00am

Opening Statements

Representative James McGovern, Chair

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Senator Marco Rubio, Cochair

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Representative Christopher Smith, Commissioner

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Witnesses

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

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

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

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

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

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