Meeting

Virtual Roundtable: The Transformation of Hong Kong

Thursday, September 9, 2021
Lam Yik/REUTERS
Speakers
Dennis Kwok

Senior Fellow, Harvard University; Former Member, Hong Kong Legislative Council, Distinguished Hong Kong Barrister

Sharon K. Hom

Executive Director, Human Rights in China; Adjunct Professor, NYU Law School

Presider
Jerome A. Cohen

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia, Council on Foreign Relations; Founder and Faculty Director Emeritus, U.S.-Asia Law Institute, NYU Law School 

Asia Program

Dennis Kwok, former liberal politician and leader in efforts to democratize China’s Special Administrative Region (SAR), discusses the many changes being imposed on Hong Kong, expected developments, and how various countries should respond. Sharon Hom, the well-known critic and international activist, provide comments.

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