Bob Fu attends NYC Bush Institute event

Prominent leaders and pro-democracy voices gathered for “The Spirit of Liberty in the World” conference, hosted by the George W. Bush Institute on Oct. 19 in New York City, to discuss challenges democracy faces worldwide.

ChinaAid President Bob Fu attended the invite-only event as a guest of President Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush, who personally led the conference. The participants included the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Nikki Haley, former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and many others.

The event’s purpose, as stated on its website, was to bring together “top business leaders, scholars, policymakers, and others to look practically and optimistically at the challenges democracy is facing here and around the world” and “affirm American values of freedom and free markets, strengthen the institutions that secure these values at home, and help create a new consensus that spreads them abroad.”

The conference also included remarks from the Institute’s chairman of the Human Freedom Advisory Council, Tom Berstein, and the George W. Bush Presidential Center’s president and CEO, Ken Hersh.

Full video coverage of the conference is available on the George W. Bush Presidential Center's website.