Webinar: 24 Years On - What Next Hong Kong?

On 1 July 1997, Hong Kong was handed over to China. 

On 1 July 2020, the Chinese Communist Party regime imposed a new draconian National Security Law on Hong Kong, destroying the city’s freedoms and autonomy. 

To mark the 24th anniversary of the handover, and the first anniversary of the imposition of the National Security Law, Hong Kong Watch is hosting a webinar with a distinguished panel to look at the challenges that have arisen in Hong Kong since the handover, the broken promises, the international response and what the future holds.

We will be joined by Sir Malcolm Rifkind, who served as UK Foreign Secretary for two years in the lead-up to the handover, activist Ray Wong, who was the first Hong Konger to claim asylum abroad, Hong Kong-born Canadian Member of Parliament Jenny Kwan, and United States Congressman Chris Smith, a leading voice on human rights in the US Congress and a former Chair of the US Congressional Executive Commission on China.