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15
November 2024
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
Martyrs of Communism
Featured Speakers:
Salvatore J. Cordileone
Nina Shea
George Weigel
Marco Novoa
Helen Aguirre Ferre
Moderator:
Maggie Gallagher
Members of the organization Mothers of April hold portraits of their late loved ones outside the Cathedral in Managua on February 23, 2020. (Inti Ocon/AFP via Getty Images)
15
November 2024
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
Martyrs of Communism

A panel of experts will examine common ideology and practices of the repression of churches in China and Latin America.

Members of the organization Mothers of April hold portraits of their late loved ones outside the Cathedral in Managua on February 23, 2020. (Inti Ocon/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Salvatore J. Cordileone
Nina Shea
George Weigel
Marco Novoa
Helen Aguirre Ferre
Moderator:
Maggie Gallagher
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18
September 2024
Past Event
Religion in the Crossfire between Russia and Ukraine
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Oleksandr Aliksiichuk
Dr. Maksym Vasin
Lauren Homer
Pavlo Unguryan
Dmitry Bodyu
Dr. Katharyn Hanson
Construction workers climb onto the roof of a destroyed church on January 4, 2023, in the village of Bohorodychne, Donetsk region. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)
18
September 2024
Past Event
Religion in the Crossfire between Russia and Ukraine

An expert discussion about a recent Ukrainian law that seeks to thwart the Kremlin-backed Russian Orthodox Church’s influence.

Construction workers climb onto the roof of a destroyed church on January 4, 2023, in the village of Bohorodychne, Donetsk region. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Oleksandr Aliksiichuk
Dr. Maksym Vasin
Lauren Homer
Pavlo Unguryan
Dmitry Bodyu
Dr. Katharyn Hanson
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22
July 2024
Past Event
Building a Strategy to Counter Hong Kong’s Role in Sanctions Evasion
Featured Speakers:
Olivia Enos
Samuel Bickett
Sunny Cheung
Moderator:
Shannon Van Sant
New construction and developments in Hong Kong, China. (Bob Henry/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
22
July 2024
Past Event
Building a Strategy to Counter Hong Kong’s Role in Sanctions Evasion

Experts will discuss new evidence of how the Chinese Communist Party is using Hong Kong to sow instability and conflict around the world and how the United States can better counter these illicit activities.

New construction and developments in Hong Kong, China. (Bob Henry/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Olivia Enos
Samuel Bickett
Sunny Cheung
Moderator:
Shannon Van Sant
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17
July 2024
Past Event
China’s Persecution of Falun Gong at 25 Years
Featured Speakers:
Miles Yu
Dr. Larry Liu
Sarah Cook
Simon Zhang
Levi Browde
Ying Chen
Moderators:
Nina Shea
Cynthia Sun
A Falun Gong demonstrator sits in a cage in London, United Kingdom, on July 18, 2021, during the protest against the Chinese government's persecution. (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
17
July 2024
Past Event
China’s Persecution of Falun Gong at 25 Years

Join Hudson Institute as expert panels take stock of the Falun Gong crackdown over the past quarter of a century.

A Falun Gong demonstrator sits in a cage in London, United Kingdom, on July 18, 2021, during the protest against the Chinese government's persecution. (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Miles Yu
Dr. Larry Liu
Sarah Cook
Simon Zhang
Levi Browde
Ying Chen
Moderators:
Nina Shea
Cynthia Sun
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13
June 2024
Past Event
Tackling the Uyghur Forced Labor Challenge
Featured Speakers:
Eric Choy
Kalbinur Gheni
John Pickel
Scott Flipse
Moderator:
Olivia Enos
An alleged detention facility in Artux in Kizilsu Prefecture in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region on July 19, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images)
13
June 2024
Past Event
Tackling the Uyghur Forced Labor Challenge

Join Hudson for a discussion on how the US and its partners can best strengthen efforts to tackle and combat Uyghur forced labor.

An alleged detention facility in Artux in Kizilsu Prefecture in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region on July 19, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Eric Choy
Kalbinur Gheni
John Pickel
Scott Flipse
Moderator:
Olivia Enos
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25
April 2024
Past Event
Book Event: Tackling the China Challenge with Strength
Featured Speakers:
Michael Sobolik
Olivia Enos
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the podium at the Great Hall of People in Beijing, China, on October 23, 2022. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
25
April 2024
Past Event
Book Event: Tackling the China Challenge with Strength

Join Hudson for a conversation with author Michael Sobolik about Countering China’s Great Game.

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the podium at the Great Hall of People in Beijing, China, on October 23, 2022. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Michael Sobolik
Olivia Enos
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13
February 2024
Past Event
The Repression of Hong Kong and Heroism of Jimmy Lai
Featured Speakers:
William McGurn
Frances Hui
Nina Shea
Hong Kong media tycoon and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai is escorted by the police to the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Shelter Cove Clubhouse for evidence collection as part of the ongoing investigations on August 11, 2020, in Hong Kong, China. (Anthony Kwan via Getty Images)
13
February 2024
Past Event
The Repression of Hong Kong and Heroism of Jimmy Lai
Hong Kong media tycoon and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai is escorted by the police to the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Shelter Cove Clubhouse for evidence collection as part of the ongoing investigations on August 11, 2020, in Hong Kong, China. (Anthony Kwan via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
William McGurn
Frances Hui
Nina Shea
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15
December 2023
Past Event
Targeted: Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists under Threat in the US
Featured Speakers:
Frances Hui
Piero Tozzi
Moderator:
Olivia Enos
Hundreds gather in Times Square to rally in support of Hong Kong's "Umbrella Revolution" on October 1, 2014, in New York. (Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images)
15
December 2023
Past Event
Targeted: Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists under Threat in the US
Hundreds gather in Times Square to rally in support of Hong Kong's "Umbrella Revolution" on October 1, 2014, in New York. (Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Frances Hui
Piero Tozzi
Moderator:
Olivia Enos
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15
November 2023
Past Event
Sell Out My Soul: The Impending Threats to Freedom of Religion or Belief in Hong Kong
Featured Speakers:
Benedict Rogers
Nina Shea
Nury Turkel
Olivia Enos
Moderator:
Miles Yu
St John's Cathedral in Hong Kong. (Getty Images)
15
November 2023
Past Event
Sell Out My Soul: The Impending Threats to Freedom of Religion or Belief in Hong Kong

Join Hudson Institute’s China Center for an expert panel with Benedict Rogers, cofounder and chief executive of Hong Kong Watch, to discuss his latest report on the impending threats to freedom of religion or belief in Hong Kong.

St John's Cathedral in Hong Kong. (Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Benedict Rogers
Nina Shea
Nury Turkel
Olivia Enos
Moderator:
Miles Yu
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17
August 2023
Past Event
The Chinese Communist Party’s Cognitive Warfare Campaign on American College Campuses
Featured Speakers:
Ian Oxnevad
Cynthia Sun
Nina Shea
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17
August 2023
Past Event
The Chinese Communist Party’s Cognitive Warfare Campaign on American College Campuses
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Featured Speakers:
Ian Oxnevad
Cynthia Sun
Nina Shea
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20
July 2023
Past Event
China’s “Transnational Repression” against Americans’ First Amendment Freedoms
Featured Speakers:
Levi Browde
Ying Chen
Olivia Enos
Ian Oxnevad
Moderator:
Nina Shea
A Chinese flag hangs over a pedestrian in Hong Kong. (Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
20
July 2023
Past Event
China’s “Transnational Repression” against Americans’ First Amendment Freedoms

Join Hudson Center for Religious Freedom Director Nina Shea for a discussion on China’s transnational repression.

A Chinese flag hangs over a pedestrian in Hong Kong. (Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Levi Browde
Ying Chen
Olivia Enos
Ian Oxnevad
Moderator:
Nina Shea
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08
March 2023
Past Event
The Continued Fight for Religious Freedom in China
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Jeremy Hunt
Uyghur rights activists stage a demonstration outside the Chinese embassy in London, England, on January 5, 2020. (David Cliff/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
08
March 2023
Past Event
The Continued Fight for Religious Freedom in China

Please join Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Nina Shea and Media Fellow Jeremy Hunt as they discuss the implications of the CCP's atrocities against religious minorities.

Uyghur rights activists stage a demonstration outside the Chinese embassy in London, England, on January 5, 2020. (David Cliff/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Jeremy Hunt
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