11
June 2025
Past Event
Risky Business: How Chinese Companies Use Hong Kong to Evade US Sanctions

Event will also air live on this page.

 

 

Inquiries: tmagnuson@hudson.org.

Risky Business: How Chinese Companies Use Hong Kong to Evade US Sanctions

Past Event
Hudson Institute
June 11, 2025
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Pedestrians walk past the flags of the People’s Republic of China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on September 21, 2024, in Hong Kong, China. (Getty Images)
11
June 2025
Past Event

Event will also air live on this page.

 

 

Inquiries: tmagnuson@hudson.org.

Speakers:
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Thomas Benson

Senior Research and Policy Advisor, Hong Kong Watch

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Samuel Bickett

Founder and Principal Attorney, Bickett Law and Policy PLLC

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Joey Siu

Executive Council Member, World Liberty Congress

Moderator:
Michael Sobolik Hudson Institute
Michael Sobolik

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

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The Chinese Communist Party is using Hong Kong as a financial gateway to evade the United States’ sanctions and funnel global investment to mainland companies. Chinese firms increasingly list themselves on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, often to avoid the scrutiny required by US markets. This means that American investors may be unknowingly funding sanctioned entities or firms tied to human rights abuses. Americans could therefore face undue legal and reputational risks, especially as US-China tensions grow.

Join Hudson for an event examining new research about how Beijing exploits Hong Kong’s unique position and why economic and political developments on the island matter for US policymakers and the interests of Americans.

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