Co-organizer: Hao Min Cultural Action Association
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Democracy and Human Rights in China Through the Lee Ming-che Case
Beginning with the historical evolution of China’s bureaucratic system, this session reviewed how democracy has developed across China, Hong Kong and Taiwan since June 4th, and used the Lee Ming-che case to discuss where China and Taiwan now stand after the imposition of Hong Kong’s National Security Law — and why a democratic Taiwan should keep paying attention to human rights in China.
Speakers
- Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) (lead speaker): Professor in the Department of Political Science at Tunghai University, specializing in local self-government, democratic theory and e-government.
- Sung Cheng-en (宋承恩) (discussant): A Taiwanese scholar of international law and an advocate of Taiwanese independence, specializing in public international law, the international law of the sea and international dispute settlement. He holds an LLB and an LLM from National Taiwan University and an MJur in European and comparative law from the University of Oxford, where he is also a doctoral candidate. He has served as a director of Taiwan Democracy Watch, convener of the sovereignty, diplomacy and defense group at the Economic Democracy Union think tank, and Deputy Executive Director of the Taiwan New Constitution Foundation.
- Chung Han-shu (鍾瀚樞) (moderator): A director of the Hao Min Cultural Action Association, working to resist China’s annexation of Taiwan and to build social solidarity within Taiwan.