This autumn conference in Glasgow, Aldes is teaming up with the Chinese Liberal Democrats to run a discussion panel on the challenges and opportunities for the UK's research sector in working with - or having to compete with - the rapid growth of China's science and technology industry.
Conference notes that
The Chinese Liberal Democrats are fully supportive of the Occupy Hong Kong protests and their objective of full universal suffrage
Former MEP Edward McMillan-Scott, who until June was a Vice President of the European Parliament with responsibility for human rights, has written about the current situation in Hong Kong. First he sets out the context:
On Sunday 5 October, CLDs hosted a joint fringe event on "China Science: Threat or Opportunity for UK companies" with the Association of Liberal Democrat Engineers and Scientists (ALDES). It involved an expert panel, chaired by CLD Vice-Chair Merlene Emerson, discussing how researchers in the UK could better build productive collaborations with Chinese partners.
On 22 October, Merlene Emerson, Vice-Chair of Chinese LibDems, helped to organise a talk by Liberal Democrat Peer, Baroness Sal Brinton to a delegation from China of disabled activists.
