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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.
28 May 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Jenny Bowen Founder & CEO, Half the Sky Foundation WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2014 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1st FLOOR Topic: What China’s Orphans Taught Me About Moving Mountains In early 1996, Human Rights Watch / Asia published a deeply critical report documenting neglect and devastati...
23 May 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Gilbert Ghostine: President, Diageo Asia Pacific Su-Mei Thompson: CEO, The Women’s Foundation Denise Tsang: Analysis Editor, Business, South China Morning Post Tara Joseph: Asia Editor-in-Charge , Reuters TV Kristie Lu Stout: CNN Correspondent FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2014 12:00NOON - DRINKS 12:3...
19 May 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Leta Hong Fincher Author & doctoral candidate in sociology, Tsinghua University MONDAY, MAY 19, 2014 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1st FLOOR Topic: 'Leftover' Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China After the Communist revolution in 1949, Chairman Mao famously proclaimed t...
15 May 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Takehiko Koyanagi Publisher, Nikkei Asian Review & Senior Staff Writer, The Nikkei THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2014 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1st FLOOR Topic: Why Asia Needs New International Media As Western media have cut foreign correspondents and as Asian regional media cease to exist, ...
13 May 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Rachel Cartland Author & Former Senior Civil Servant TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1st FLOOR Topic: Has Hong Kong Become Ungovernable? This is a question on the lips and minds of many, and there is plenty of disquieting evidence to point to. Our famously "can do"...
23 Apr 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Mike Chinoy Former CNN Beijing Bureau Chief Senior Fellow, U.S.-China Institute, University of Southern California Fully Booked WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 7:00pm – Dinner 1st FLOOR Topic: Assignment China: The 1980's The mid-1980s saw a dramatic relaxation of Communist Party control over ...
10 Apr 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Panel Participants: K.C. Chan, Deputy Publisher, President of EJ Digital Ching Cheong, Commentator Shirley Yam, Vice Chairman, HK Journalist Association THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1st FLOOR Topic: Is Press Freedom Under Attack In Hong Kong? In February, someone orde...
2 Apr 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Inspector Bill Majcher WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1st FLOOR Topic: Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, and Edward Snowden Bill Majcher, a former top covert operative, will explain how and why public safety has been compromised by reckless disclosures by digital anar...
31 Mar 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Eswar Prasad Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1st FLOOR Topic: Will the Renminbi Rival the Dollar? The U.S. dollar’s dominance seems under threat. The near collapse of the U.S. financial system in 2008-2...
27 Mar 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: David E. Kaplan Executive Director, Global Investigative Journalism Network THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014 12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1st FLOOR Topic: We Are Not Alone... Investigative Journalism Goes Global Journalism is under attack everywhere in Asia -- Kevin Lau is choppe...
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