Martin Lee SC JP | THB China Is The New Imperial Power in Hong Kong | Cambridge Union (1/6)

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WANT TO KNOW MORE: SUBSCRIBE for more speakers: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOu... Find out when our next event is on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TheCambridge... ABOUT THE MOTION: This House Believes China Is The New Imperial Power in Hong Kong The situation in Hong Kong has become ever more serious over the past year. The Michaelmas before last, the Union hosted Martin Lee, Evan Fowler, Benny Tai and Nathan Law - the latter two of those are no longer able to visit the UK. Yet there are no simple answers for Hong Kong. How can it cohabit with and inside of a country which has strikingly different values and aims? Is Hong Kong suffering unjustly or is it as free and prosperous as any city can be in the 21st Century, a Century that will surely belong to China? ABOUT THE SPEAKER (Opening for the Proposition) Martin Lee SC JP is a Hong Kong politician and barrister. He is the founding chairman of the United Democrats of Hong Kong and its successor, the Democratic Party, Hong Kong's major pro-democracy party. Nicknamed the "Father of Democracy", he is recognised as one of the most prominent advocates for democracy and human rights in Hong Kong and China. ABOUT THE CAMBRIDGE UNION: From its small beginnings as a debating society, the Cambridge Union is the oldest debating society in the world and the largest student society in Cambridge. The Union remains a unique forum for the free exchange of ideas and the art of public debate.