StatementinSupportofthePeopleofHongKongJune29,2004

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StatementinSupportofthePeopleofHongKong
June29,2004
NopopulationhasexpressedagreaterdesirefordemocracythanhavethepeopleofHongKong,throughelections,opinionpollsandpeacefuldemonstrations.NopopulationismorepreparedtoenjoytherightsandundertaketheresponsibilitiesofdemocracythanthepeopleofHongKong.Farfromleadingtochaos,astheChinesegovernmenthassuggested,democracywillprovideHongKongwiththegoodgovernanceneededforstabilityandeconomicprosperity.Democracyistheonlywaytoensurefreedomsofassociation,expression,religionandthepress.Overthepastfewmonths,BeijinghasintervenedinHongKong'sautonomyandcurbeditsdemocraticdevelopment.IthasmalignedHongKong'sdemocracyactivistsas"unpatriotic,"warnedagainst"foreigninterference,"andsentChinesenavyvesselstoHongKongharbor.AsHongKong'speoplepreparetomarchonJuly1,andtovoteinpartially-democraticelectionsSeptember12,weexpressoursupportforthedemocraticrightsofHongKong'speople,includingtherighttodeterminetheirpoliticaldevelopment. WilliamKristol
MortonAbramowitz
GaryBauer
EllenBork
ThomasDonnelly
AmitaiEtzioni
SamGejdenson
RobertKagan
CraigKennedy
PerryLink
JamesC.O'rien
NormanPodhoretz
SophieRichardson
GarySchmitt
LeonardR.Sussman
JenniferWindsor DickThornburgh
AndrewY.Au
RobertBernstein
StevenC.Clemons
NicholasEberstadt
JeffreyL.Fiedler
MerleGoldman
MaxM.Kampelman
HaroldHongjuKoh
ConnieMack
RobertPastor
JohnEdwardPorter
KennethRoth
JohnShattuck
JohnJ.Sweeney
WingC.Ng CarolynBartholomew
MaxBoot
MidgeDecter
RobertW.Edgar
JeffreyGedmin
BruceJackson
PennKemble
LouisKraar
JamesMann
DaniellePletka
SamanthaF.Ravich
RandyScheunemann
Sin-mingShaw
JohnJ.Tkacik,Jr.
MinkyWorden

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