Conservative Party Conference Event: Hong Kong as a canary in the coalmine

In recent years the Chinese Communist Party regime has torn up its promises to protect Hong Kong's autonomy and freedoms and launched a brutal crackdown, resulting in the dismantling of Hong Kong’s freedoms, the arrest and imprisonment of hundreds of activists and the silencing of dissent. Thousands have left the city, many coming to the UK under the government’s BNO scheme. 25 years on from the handover, what are the implications of all this for the rest of the world? What does it say about the wider situation in China, the challenges the regime poses to the international rules-based order and to our own freedoms? What more can Britain and the international community do?

Title: Hong Kong as a canary in the coalmine – implications of China’s ongoing crackdown on Hong Kong for the rest of the world

Date: Tuesday 4 October, 6pm

Location: Concerto Room, Hyatt Regency, Birmingham

Chair:

- Tom Randall, Member of Parliament for Gedling

Speakers include:

- Nathan Law, former Hong Kong legislator and political prisoner;

- Lee Wing-Tat, former Chairman of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong;

- Juliet Samuel, columnist at the Daily Telegraph;

- Benedict Rogers, co-founder and CEO of Hong Kong Watch and Deputy Chair of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Hyatt Regency Birmingham, 2 Bridge Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom