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30th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Protests
2019-06-04T22:50:56-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/a24/20190604104225011_hd.jpgIn a rare appearance, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) testified before a joint hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) and the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC) to discuss the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests in China. Speaker Pelosi talked about the legislation she co-sponsored days after the protests that would grant asylum in the U.S. to Chinese citizens. Following her testimony, a panel of former Chinese student leaders and experts testified about China’s human rights abuses, including imprisonment of activists and censorship of free speech. One of the 1989 student leaders, Wu’er Kaixi, called the Chinese government “a group of bandits” and said he had felt at times “betrayed” by the U.S. government on this issue.
In a rare appearance, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) testified before a joint hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) and the Tom Lantos Human… read more
In a rare appearance, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) testified before a joint hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) and the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC) to discuss the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests in China. Speaker Pelosi talked about the legislation she co-sponsored days after the protests that would grant asylum in the U.S. to Chinese citizens. Following her testimony, a panel of former Chinese student leaders and experts testified about China’s human rights abuses, including imprisonment of activists and censorship of free speech. One of the 1989 student leaders, Wu’er Kaixi, called the Chinese government “a group of bandits” and said he had felt at times “betrayed” by the U.S. government on this issue. close
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- Eliot Engel U.S. Representative [D] New York
- Sheila Jackson-Lee U.S. Representative [D] Texas
- Nancy Pelosi U.S. Representative [D] California
- Scott Perry U.S. Representative [R] Pennsylvania
- Chris Smith U.S. Representative [R] New Jersey
- Tom Suozzi U.S. Representative [D] New York
- Steve Daines U.S. Senator (Class 2) [R] Montana
- Hank Johnson Jr. U.S. Representative [D] Georgia
- Wuer Kaixi Student (Former) Beijing Normal University
- Shanti Kalathil Director National Endowment for Democracy->International Forum for Democratic Studies
- Jim McGovern U.S. Representative [D] Massachusetts
- Carl Minzner Professor Fordham University School of Law
- Marco Rubio U.S. Senator (Class 3) [R] Florida
- Albio Sires U.S. Representative [D] New Jersey
- Mi Ling Tsui Director Human Rights in China->Communications
- Ann Wagner U.S. Representative [R] Missouri
- Ted Yoho U.S. Representative [R] Florida
- Fengsuo Zhou Founder Humanitarian China
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