In just the first month since being reelected as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump and his administration have transformed how the United States conducts business both domestically and internationally. Government agencies, neighboring countries and entities like the United Nations, WTO and NATO are reeling from the disruption.
There is a wide range of opinion and much speculation on how Trump might deal with China in his second term. The Trump 2.0 team includes longtime China hawks, pro-business voices as well as people who have significant business interests in China. Trump’s freezing of foreign aid is already causing major problems for various communities working on human rights, religious freedom and democracy in China. These civil society organizations depend on the U.S. government for funding. What might a Trump 2.0 policy towards China and human rights in China look like? What are the key issues for Chinese, Hong Kong, Mongolian, Taiwanese, Tibetan and Uyghur human rights organizations?
Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Time: 8:30 am (Washington DC). 2:30 pm (Zurich). 7:00 pm (New Delhi)
Event Type: Live Podcast (YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn)
Speaker:
| Kelsang D. Aukatsang NonResident Senior Fellow, Global China Hub Atlantic Council |
Moderator:
Sakina Batt
Host, Freedom Hour, AFI
Live Video Podcast Links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaFreedomInstitute/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AsiaFreedomInstitute/streams
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asia-freedom-institute/
Participant Biographies:
Kelsang D. Aukatsang (Kaydor)
Kelsang Aukatsang is the Founding President of the Asia Freedom Institute and a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub. Kelsang has held various senior leadership positions in the Central Tibetan Administration including the Washington, DC representative for the Dalai Lama, Special Advisor to the President (Sikyong) of the Central Tibetan Administration, and the Chief Resilience Officer of the CTA. He has a Master’s in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, Medford, USA, and a Bachelor’s in English literature from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi.
Sakina Batt
Sakina Batt is a Producer and Director at Meeting Point, a leading audio-visual production house and buying agency in Nepal. She directs promotional videos, does voice overs, writes scripts and copywriting for the videos in Meeting Point. Sakina worked for Tibet TV at the Central Tibetan Administration in India for four years (2017-2021) where she served as a news presenter and an interview host. She also made short documentaries for the channel, wrote scripts, conducted research, edited videos and anchored the show In Conversation with Tibet TV. Sakina has a Masters in Mass Communication from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi and a bachelors from Delhi University.
