Presentation of the Citizen Power Award to Bao Tong

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....

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Power 3.0 Podcast | Authoritarian Resurgence, Democratic Resilience

about the podcast "Power 3.0 | Authoritarian Resurgence, Democratic...

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Tibet and the Belt and Road Initiative: Lessons Learned From the Tibetan Experience With Chinese Infrastructure Projects

About the event China’s Communist Party (CCP) has heralded the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a global economic stimulus project that will provide great benefits to BRI partners. What has been masked, however,...

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Presentation of the Oxi Courage Award to Liu Xia

I want to thank Andy and Mike Manatos and the Oxi Day Foundation for giving this important Oxi Courage Award to Liu Xia, a Chinese poet and photographer and a woman of unparalleled moral courage. I had the rare privilege of meeting Liu Xia last month in New York when we were both there to take part...

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