The United States Capitol         June 4, 2019 It’s my great pleasure to welcome you to the National Endowment for Democracy’s Democracy Award ceremony, which this year is taking place on the 30

Responding to China in the New Era The United States Congress, December 10, 2018 The first and most important point I want to convey to you this morning is that we are now in an entirely new period in relations between the United States and China. In my view,...

The United States Capitol, December 10, 2018 I’m proud to present the Citizen Power Award of the Thirteenth Interethnic Interfaith Leadership Conference to Bao Tong. Bao Tong is an important reformer from the 1980s, the reform period of Hu Yaobang and the early Deng Xiaoping....

The Bohemian National Hall in New York, September 27, 2018 I feel privileged to have the honor of presenting Liao Yiwu with the Disturbing the Peace Award, given annually by the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation to a courageous writer-at-risk...