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Our FCC Speakers Series is a unique opportunity for our members and their guests to listen, engage and discuss the latest local and international events and trends at the Club. The talks, organized by the Club’s Professional Committee, are hosted in the FCC’s main dining room, usually over lunch and occasionally over breakfast or dinner. The speaker typically gives initial remarks for 20 minutes and then takes questions for 20 minutes. The events are on the record, and videos of them go up on the Club’s website.

Aside from organizing guest speakers, the Professional Committee plans and produces evening documentary screenings, educational workshops, debates, speed-networking opportunities and events that benefit FCC members and provide opportunities for correspondents and journalists to grow professionally. See below for a full list of all club activities.
2 Dec 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2015 12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch 1:15pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: Honourable Henry Litton GBM CBE JP, Former Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal Two sovereign nations, Britain and China, were locked in discussion 32 years ago over the future of Hong Kong. This e...
1 Dec 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2015 12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch 1:15pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: Zheng Jianrong, Director General, General Affairs Office of China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone China’s “One Belt and Road Initiative” had emerged as one of the country’s top trade and diplomatic initiat...
18 Nov 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2015 7:00pm – DINNER 1st Floor The film followed a plan to dam the Irrawaddy River at its source: Myitsone, in Kachin State, northern Myanmar, and all its ensuing consequences. Local villagers had been forcibly relocated, disrupting their traditional way of life. The impa...
3 Nov 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 7:00pm – 8:00pm 1st Floor Speaker: Jeremy Cheng Managing Director, 3D Forge Mr. Cheng provided a glimpse into the current state of 3D printing, the problems it solves and also the challenges and limitations of this new technology. Hear how this technology is revolutioniz...
2 Nov 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Monday, November 2, 2015 12:45pm – lunch 1:10pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: Professor Naoyuki Agawa Keio University, Former Advisor to the Government of Japan Was Japan willing and capable of playing a bigger and more active role in contributing to peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region...
20 Oct 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch 1:15pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: James P. Rubin Former Professor, Diplomat and Veteran Commentator on International Affairs With Russia ramping up its presence in Syria, the danger of confrontation with the United States was growing just as...
15 Oct 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Panelists: Huang Yasheng, Associate Dean for International Programs and Action Learning, Professor of International Management, International Program Professorship in Chinese Economy and Business, Founder of China/India Labs, MIT Sloan School of Management He will discuss the need for the role of...
14 Oct 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch 1:15pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: Douglas Clark Barrister/Author The 19th century unequal treaties that opened China, Japan and Korea to the West exempted foreigners from local laws - leaving them to be tried by their own consuls and their...
13 Oct 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch 1:15pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: Duncan Innes-Ker Regional Director for Asia, Economist Intelligence Unit The peg between the Hong Kong dollar and its US counterpart had served the territory well since its introduction in October 1983. Howe...
30 Sep 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch 1:15pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: Kerry Brown Professor of Chinese Politics, University of Sydney Former Diplomat, British Foreign Service Politics had always been a game of high stakes in the People's Republic, ever since the era of Mao...
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