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WATCH: CFHK President Mark Clifford discusses Hong Kong's Transformation at Council on Foreign Relations Virtual Roundtable

3/7/2022

Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong statement on Media Freedom Coalition announcement: Closure of media outlets in Hong Kong

2/7/2022

VIDEO: CFHK lights up Washington D.C., New York City & London

2/3/2022

CFHK Board Member, Perry Link, in the New York Review: The CCP’s Culture of Fear

10/5/2021

The CCP’s Culture of Fear: In China under Xi Jinping, idealism is passé and conformity a shell for the ruthless pursuit of hierarchical power and private interests, writes Professor Perry Link, a director of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong.

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WATCH: 72nd National Day: Message of Hope and Solidarity

10/1/2021

REAL CLEAR WORLD OPINION: The Costs of Not Standing Up for Hong Kong

7/13/2021

Written by CFHK President, Ellen Bork.

On July 7, U.S President Joe Biden declared “an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States” with regard to the situation in Hong Kong. The order extended the same designation made by last July by former U.S. President Donald Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The declaration gives the president extensive powers over economic transactions and is often used to impose sanctions. It may indicate the Biden administration is preparing to take actions in response to Beijing’s ferocious assault on freedom in Hong Kong.

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The Dispatch Opinion: The Closure of Apple Daily Is a Warning Shot to Businesses in Hong Kong

6/27/2021

Written by CFHK President, Ellen Bork.
"The contest between free and repressive regimes is the defining issue of our times. It has spread to Hong Kong. Businesses there cannot avoid the implications, however much they wish they could."

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WATCH: CFHK Board Member, Mark Clifford, on BBC World News about Apple Daily Closure

6/23/2021

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USA Today opinion: “Why is Xi Jinping so afraid of Hong Kong and Jimmy Lai?”

4/24/2021

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Written by CFHK's Chairman, James B. Cunningham:
With the arrest of Jimmy Lai and other pro-democracy leaders for Hong Kong, further shows Beijing's oppression and it's crushing the rule of law.
On April 16, 2021 a Hong Kong judge placed more nails in the coffin of freedom in Hong Kong. Nine pro-democracy leaders, including Martin Lee, Jimmy Lai, Albert Ho and Margaret Ng, were sentenced to prison for peacefully demonstrating in August 2019.

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THE DISPATCH: How the U.S. Can Prevent the Winter Olympics From Being a Triumphant Spectacle for China

3/23/2021

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Find alternative sites, and make preparations to use them.
By Ellen Bork, President, CFHK
Congressional Republicans have taken a range of positions on American participation at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing next February. This month Sen. Mitt Romney urged a partial boycott that would include officials but not athletes or their families. Sen. Ted Cruz takes the position that it was outrageous for the International Olympic Committee to grant the games to Beijing, but since it did, it is perfectly legitimate for American athletes to compete in games convened by the same illegitimate and abusive host government. Other Republicans, like Rick Scott, have taken a more principled position, calling for the games to be moved, and yet others suggest a boycott should an effort to relocate them fail.
Republican disunity on this question is a gift to the Chinese Communist Party.

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