Order, please. This is the 28th meeting of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. Today is October 28, 2010.
Today we are engaging in a brief study of the situation of human rights and freedom of expression in China. We have two witnesses who are joining us from New York by means of video conference. We have Jianli Yang, founder and president of Initiatives for China, and Maran Turner, executive director of Freedom Now.
I will remind members of the subcommittee that today's meeting is televised and also that unfortunately we only have an hour for our hearing.
I will turn things over to our witnesses. We're glad to have you here. I'd just encourage you to make opening remarks. Normally we ask for about 10 minutes from our witnesses, but there is some flexibility there.
Please take it away.