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Statement
in Support of the People of Hong Kong No population has expressed a greater desire for democracy than have the people of Hong Kong, through elections, opinion polls and peaceful demonstrations. No population is more prepared to enjoy the rights and undertake the responsibilities of democracy than the people of Hong Kong. Far from leading to chaos, as the Chinese government has suggested, democracy will provide Hong Kong with the good governance needed for stability and economic prosperity. Democracy is the only way to ensure freedoms of association, expression, religion and the press. Over the past few months, Beijing has intervened in Hong Kong's autonomy and curbed its democratic development. It has maligned Hong Kong's democracy activists as "unpatriotic," warned against "foreign interference," and sent Chinese navy vessels to Hong Kong harbor. As Hong Kong's people prepare to march on July 1, and to vote in partially-democratic elections September 12, we express our support for the democratic rights of Hong Kong's people, including the right to determine their political development. William Kristol Dick Thornburgh Morton Abramowitz Andrew Y. Au Maureen Aung-Thwin Carolyn Bartholomew Gary Bauer Robert Bernstein Max Boot Ellen Bork Steven C. Clemons Midge Decter Thomas Donnelly Nicholas Eberstadt Robert W. Edgar Amitai Etzioni Jeffrey L. Fiedler Jeffrey Gedmin Sam Gejdenson Merle Goldman Bruce Jackson Robert Kagan Max M. Kampelman Penn Kemble Craig Kennedy Harold Hongju Koh Louis Kraar Anthony Lake Perry Link Connie Mack James Mann Will Marshall Derek Mitchell Wing C. Ng James C. O'Brien Robert Pastor Danielle Pletka Norman Podhoretz John Edward Porter Samantha F. Ravich Sophie Richardson Kenneth Roth Randy Scheunemann Gary Schmitt John Shattuck Sin-ming Shaw Stephen Solarz Leonard R. Sussman John J. Sweeney John J. Tkacik, Jr. Jennifer Windsor R. James Woolsey Minky Worden Yu Mao-chun
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