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Register link:https://www.tickettailor.com/events/victimsofcommunismmemorialfoundation1/1122337
【China Action Essay Award Ceremony starts at 1:20 pm.】
A Zoom link will be sent to everyone who registers to attend virtual.
【Organizers】
Victims of Communism Foundation
Institute for China’s Democratic Transition
China Action
【Location】
900 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20005
【Description】
The Symposium on”Civil Resistance, High-Tech Totalitarianism and China’s Future” and the “China Action Essay Award” Ceremony will be held on January 19-20, 2024 at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of Communism Foundation. The event is co-sponsored by the Victims of Communism Foundation, China Action, and the Institute for China’s Democratic Transition.
The symposium will explore the role of civil resistance in democratic transition, the challenges of high-tech totalitarianism to civil movement in China, and the resilience and weaknesses of the Beijing regime.Besides keynote speeches, the titles of four panels are:
International Perspectives: Nonviolent Resistance and Democratic Transformation
From Tiananmen Democracy Movement to White Paper Revolution: A Reflective Review
“New Cold War”, International Support and Prospects of Democratization in China
Hong Kong, Tibet, Xinjiang Issues and Non-Violent Non-Cooperation Movement
There will be thought-provoking and inspirational discussions among prominent scholars, activists and policy-makers.
【Speakers】
Tomoko Ako, professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo.
Cai Chongguo, political commentator and activist.
Cai Chu, president, Independent Chinese PEN Center.
Cai Xia, dissident intellectual.
Chen Jun, democracy activist.
Fang Zheng, democracy activist.
TsultrimGaltso, Chinese Liaison Officer, Office of Tibet.
Hu Ping, honorary president, Institute of China’s democratic Transition; advisor, China Journal of
Democracy.
Frances Hui, Policy and Advocacy Coordinator at the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation.
Rana Siu Inboden, senior fellow, Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, The University of Texas at Austin.
Susan Jakes,chief-editor, ChinaFile.
Thomas Kellogg, executive director of the Center for Asian Law, Georgetown University
Adam King, IRI’s Senior Program Manager for Asia.
IlshatKokbore, political commentator and Uyghur activist.
Perry Link, Chancellorial Chair Professor for Innovative Teaching Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages at the University of California, Riverside; Emeritus Professor of East Asian Studies at Princeton University.
Liu Shihui, human rights lawyer.
Luo Shengchun, activist.
Ma Jian, writer, activist.
Ma Ju, political commentator and activist.
Hardy Merriman, president of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) and nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council.
MurongXuecun, writer.
Qiu Jiajun, independent scholar.
Sera Qiu, human rights activist.
Su Xiaokang, writer, journalist, political activist.
Rose Tang, journalist, activist, artist.
Tao Ye, democracy activist.
Teng Biao, human rights lawyer; Hauser Human Rights Scholar, Hunter College; Deputy editor, China Journal of Democracy.Tong Yi, democracy activist.
Jeanette Tong, independent scholar, editor of yibao.net.
Wang Tiancheng, president, Institute of China’s democratic Transition; Chief-editor, China Journal of Democracy.
Anouk Wear, Research and Policy Advisor (USA) , Hong Kong Watch
Wei Shuiping, human rights lawyer.
Andrea Worden, independent scholar, writer, and human rights advocate.
Xiang Li, activist, journalist, artist.
Yang Zili, general secretary, Independent Chinese PEN Center; Technical and Distribution Director, China Journal of Democracy.
【Introduction of Organizers】
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) https://victimsofcommunism.org/
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) is an educational, research, and human rights nonprofit organization devoted to commemorating the more than 100 million victims of communism around the world and to pursuing the freedom of those still living under totalitarian regimes. The Foundation was authorized in 1993 by a unanimous Act of Congress signed as Public Law 103-199 by President William J. Clinton on December 17, 1993.
China Action: https://chinaaction.org/
China Action is a non-profit organization founded by advocates of universal values with the goal of ending authoritarianism in China and building a truly new, free, democratic and civilized China. To achieve this goal, it works with Chinese people around the world to try to make nonviolent action more effective in China.
Institute for China’s Democratic Transition: https://chinademocrats.org/
The Institute for China’s Democratic Transition is a non-profit think tank and educational organization. It is dedicated to studying democratic transitions and economic reforms that have taken place around the world in recent decades, drawing the lessons from these experiences for China’s present and future reference, and facilitating dialogues and communications, so as to minimize the uncertainties in the transition process, and increase the chances of its success. One of its programs is China Journal of Democracy, a flagship publication of the Chinese dissident community.
“中国行动征文”颁奖会及“公民抵抗、高科技极权与中国的未来”研讨会，将于2024年1月19日至21日在共产主义受难者纪念馆举行。该活动由“共产主义受难者基金会”、“中国行动”、“中国民主转型研究所”共同举办。研讨会将在一种国际视野下探讨非暴力抗争在民主转型的作用、中国高科技极权主义对公民抗争挑战、北京政权的韧性与弱点、非暴力抗争的战略等问题。
主旨演讲：
Rana Siu Inboden 自由中国的未来：进步与可能
Hardy Merriman 世界与中国的非暴力运动
Perry Link 语言退化与政权稳定
阿古智子中国民众对结构性歧视的反抗与交叉性的前景
讨论组：
国际视角：非暴力抵抗与民主转型
从天安门民主运动到白纸革命：反思性回顾
“新冷战”、国际支持与中国民主化前景
香港、西藏、新疆问题与非暴力不合作运动
如何使非暴力抗争在中国更有效
共产主义受难者基金会
中国行动
中国民主转型研究所
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地点：Victims of Communism Museum，900 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20005
时间：2024年1月19—21日
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Tomoko Ako（阿古智子），东京大学文理研究生院教授。
蔡崇国(Cai Chongguo)，政治评论员和活动人士。
蔡楚(Cai Chu)，独立中文笔会会长。
蔡霞(Cai Xia)，原中央党校教授。
陈军(Chen Jun)，民主活动人士。
方政(Fang Zheng)，民主活动人士。
慈诚嘉措（TsultrimGaltso），西藏驻北美办事处中文联络官。
胡平(HuPing)，中国民主转型研究所名誉所长，《中国民主季刊》顾问。
许颖婷（Frances Hui），香港自由基金委员会政策与倡导协调人。
Rana Siu Inboden，德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校罗伯特-施特劳斯国际安全与法律中心高级研究员。
Susan Jakes，ChinaFile首席编辑。
Thomas Kellogg，乔治敦大学亚洲法律中心执行主任。
Adam King, 国际共和研究所亚洲项目高级经理。
伊力夏提(IlshatKokbore)，政治评论家、维吾尔人权活动人士。
Perry Link（林培瑞），加州大学河滨分校讲座教授；普林斯顿大学东亚研究名誉教授，《中国民主季刊》顾问。
刘士辉(Liu Shihui)，人权律师。
罗胜春(Luo Shengchun)，人权活动人士。
马建(Ma Jian)，作家、活动人士。
马聚(Ma Ju)，政治评论家，活动人士。
Hardy Merriman，国际非暴力冲突中心（ICNC）总裁。
慕容雪村MurongXuecun，作家。
邱家军(Qiu Jiajun)，独立学者。
Sera Qiu，青年活动人士。
芮朝怀(Rui Zhaohuai)，民主活动人士。
苏晓康(Su Xiaokang)，作家、记者、政治活动人士。
唐路(Rose Tang)，记者、活动人士、艺术家。
陶业(Tang Ye)，民主活动人士。
滕彪(Teng Biao)，人权律师；亨特学院客座教授；《中国民主》杂志副主编。
Jeanette Tong, 独立学者，英文议报副主编。
童屹(Tong Yi)，民主活动人士。
王天成(Wang Tiancheng)，中国民主转型研究所所长，《中国民主季刊》主编。
华穆清 香港观察(HKW)研究与政策顾问。
魏水平(Wei Shuiping)，人权律师。
Andrea Worden，独立学者、作家和人权倡导者。
吴朝阳(Wu Zhaoyang)，民主活动人士。
向莉(Xiang Li)，活动人士、记者、艺术家。
杨子立（Yang Zili），独立中文笔会秘书长；《中国民主季刊》技术和发行总监。
共产主义受害者纪念基金会 (VOC):https://victimsofcommunism.org/
共产主义受害者纪念基金会 (VOC) 是一个教育、研究和人权方面的非营利性组织，致力于纪念全世界 1 亿多共产主义受害者，并为那些仍生活在极权主义政权下的人们争取自由。1993 年 12 月 17 日，克林顿总统签署了一项国会一致通过的法案（第 103-199 号公法），授权成立该基金会。
“中国行动”是由现代政治文明倡导者发起成立的一个非营利组织，目的在于终结中国数千年之专制制度，建立一个自由民主文明的、真正的新中国。为达成这一目标，它携手全球华人，致力于推动在约定的共同时间统一举行抗议、罢工、罢课，开展大规模非暴力不合作运动，推翻独裁专制、开启民主转型之路。
中国民主转型研究所：https://chinademocrats.org/
中国民主转型研究所是一个非盈利性的研究、教育机构。它致力于研究介绍最近几十年世界范围内发生的民主转型、经济改革，从中总结可供中国目前和将来借鉴的经验教训，为中国的政治经济转型、制度建构提供必要的理论支持和知识储备，并促进不同群体之间的对话、沟通，以减少转型过程的不确定性、提升转型成功的机率，为一个更好的未来尽到一份责任。中国民主转型研究所自2022年起编辑出版《中国民主季刊》。