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Hong Kong Democracy Council
香港民主委員會
AbbreviationHKDC
FoundedSeptember 17, 2019; 4 years ago (2019-09-17)
FounderAnna Yeung-Cheung, Nathan Law, Victoria Tin-bor Hui, Joseph Ng, Samuel Chu
Type501(c)(3) organization
Tax ID no.
84-2856766[1]
FocusDemocratic development in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Americans
Headquarters1301 K Street NW, Suite 300W, Washington, DC 20005, United States
Methodadvocacy
Executive Director
Anna Kwok (November 2022-present)

Brian Leung Kai-ping (Sept 2021-November 2022)

Samuel Chu (Sept 2019-Aug 2021)
Key people
Anna Kwok (Executive Director)

Jeffrey Ngo (Senior Policy & Research Fellow)

Brian Leung Kai-ping (Board Chair)
Alex Chow (Board Member)

Nathan Law (Convener, Advisory Board)
Andrew J. Nathan (advisor)
Sharon Hom (advisor)
Larry Diamond (advisor)
Thomas E. Kellogg (advisor)
Ted Hui (advisor)
Sunny Cheung (advisor)
Websitewww.hkdc.us Edit this at Wikidata

Hong Kong Democracy Council (HKDC) is a Washington, DC-based nonpartisan, non-governmental organization (NGO) with a stated mission of "protect[ing] Hong Kong's basic freedoms, autonomy, and the rule of law."[2][3] HKDC's research and political work focuses on "educational outreach, community empowerment, and policy advocacy".[4]

  1. ^ "IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search" Archived 2022-02-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ Mahtani, Shibani (17 September 2019). "The Washington Post: Hong Kong activists press U.S. to counter China's erosion of city's freedoms". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. ^ Hui, Mary (16 August 2020). "Quartz: "We are all Hong Kongers": How the Hong Kong protest movement became the world's fight". Quartz. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Our Mission". HKDC. Archived from the original on 2022-10-25. Retrieved 2022-10-24.

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