Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Frances, I was pulling up the article from Boston.com from 2019 and was just struck by the fact that you were expressing, “I am from Hong Kong, not China”. You opened with the line, “I am from a city owned by a country that I don't belong to.”
Simply for expressing your identity and your reality as you've experienced it, you've gone through everything that you've gone through and your family's facing the threats that they're facing. I'll start by just commending your incredible courage as you're speaking your reality publicly.
I have a very short time. As I'm listening to both of you speak, I'm curious what connection there might be between the two. For example, to what extent might China or the CCP be involved in what's happening in Sri Lanka and maybe in other places?
Maybe Frances wants to chat about other places around the world.
Is there anything? Uma, I don't know if you have any thoughts on that.