Canada-China Relations committee  The only thing I would add to that is to have the Government of Canada come up with a lifeboat scheme. That's one of the number one recommendations for Hong Kong pro-democracy groups. One thing to remember is that Hong Kong society is not entirely wealthy. It has one of the larg

Canada-China Relations committee  I would. I think that's a great question. Professor Tsang has spoken about refugees and alliances. There's one thing I would note on the alliances. Number one, I would point particularly to pursuing alliances in Asia-Pacific itself. We see a lot of movement in Japan and South K

Canada-China Relations committee  This is something that we hear quite a bit, so thank you for the question. First of all, I would note that we do get competitive U.S. government grants. We get competitive private grants. We also get a lot of funding, as I noted, from Canada, from the British DFID, the Australi

Canada-China Relations committee  I wish I had more of an answer on that. It's a question that I hear a lot of people asking: What is the future of U.S. foreign policy on China? I can't speak for the Biden administration. I don't have any contacts with them, personally or professionally. I will say this. In the

Canada-China Relations committee  I would note that when I lived in Hong Kong, it very much felt, as Professor Tung noted, like a safe city. I moved there in 2006. Things changed drastically when Xi Jinping came to power. I would travel to mainland China, and when I came back to Hong Kong it felt like a place

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. I'm Adam Nelson, senior adviser on the Asia-Pacific team at the National Democratic Institute, dialing in from Washington, D.C. I do want to acknowledge that Washington, D.C., is the traditional land of the Anacostan Piscataway peopl