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The Battle For China's Spirit: Religious Revival, Repression, And Resistance Under Xi Jinping

The Battle For China's Spirit: Religious Revival, Repression, And Resistance Under Xi Jinping

Feb
28
Tuesday
 from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Freedom House
1850 M Street Northwest, Floor 11, Washington, DC 20036, USA (map)

Report Launch:The Battle for China's Spirit
Religious Revival, Repression, and Resistance under Xi Jinping

Tuesday, February 28th, 2017
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.Breakfast at 8:30 a.m.

Freedom House 
1850 M. St NW
11th Floor 
Washington, D.C. 20036

Please join us for the launch of the Freedom House report The Battle for China's Spirit on the Chinese government’s intensified controls over religion under President Xi Jinping. Panelists will discuss the scale and severity of persecution, the trajectory of citizen push-back, and the broader effects of these dynamics on Chinese society and politics.

Speakers:

Andrew Jacobs
Former Beijing CorrespondentThe New York Times

Zubayra Shamseden
Chinese Outreach Coordinator
Uyghur Human Rights Project

Sarah Cook
Report Author and Senior Research Analyst for East Asia
Freedom House

Moderator:

Carolyn Bartholomew
Chair
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

Host

Freedom House

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