Hong Kong’s Fight for Democracy and Freedom: Testimony to Canadian Parliament
On August 11, 2020, Akram Keram, a program officer on China at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), testified on Hong Kong's struggle for democracy before the Canadian House of Commons Special...
New Threats to Civil Society and the Rule of Law in Hong Kong
about the event Harsh verdicts April 9 in Hong Kong for nine of the Umbrella Movement...
Martin Lee on the 20th Anniversary of Chinese Rule in Hong Kong
Martin Lee is a longtime leader of Hong Kong's democracy movement and 1997 winner of NED's Democracy Award. He spoke with NED recently about the 20th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong from Britain...
The National Endowment for Democracy and support for democracy in Hong Kong
In the wake of recent pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong, state controlled Chinese news outlets have published erroneous reports that the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has played a central role in the protests.The projects that the Endowment has supported over the years in Hong...
Why Democracy in Hong Kong Matters
Featuring Martin Lee, Democratic Party of Hong Kong Anson Chan, former Chief Secretary of Hong Kong Louisa Greve, V.P. for Asia, Middle East & Africa at the NED When and...
NED Impact Report: China and Countering the CCP’s Global Efforts to Undermine Freedom
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National Endowment for Democracy responds to threat of Chinese government sanctions
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) learned today through media reports that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has threatened to sanction NED and other organizations, falsely accusing NED of instigating the ongoing protests in Hong Kong. NED...
Ivan Krastev writes on popular protests in new issue of the Journal of Democracy
Washington, DC — The pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong are just the latest in a wave of political protests that has swept the world since late 2010. In “From Politics to Protest,” Ivan Krastev...
Biography
Martin C.M. Lee is Chairman of the Democratic Party, Hong Kong's largest and most popular political party. Prior to the founding of the Democratic Party in October 1994, Mr. Lee was Chairman of the United Democrats of Hong Kong -- Hong Kong's first political party -- which won the first-ever...
The National Endowment for Democracy, the Olympics, and Tibet
Recent English and Chinese-language articles published online by PRC government-controlled news services regarding Olympics-related activities and recent protests in Tibetan areas contain inaccurate and misleading statements about the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Unsubstantiated assertions...
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