24 Apr 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Christopher DILLON
Author / Real Estate Investor
Topic: Buying a home in China: who, what & how?
Christopher DILLON examines the process of buying a home in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen. Based on research for his new book, Landed China, Mr. DILLON will explain who is eligibl...
15 Apr 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Odd Arne WESTAD
Professor of International History,
London School of Economics and Political Science
Topic: Restless Empire - China and the World since 1750
In his new book, Arne WESTAD argues that China's role in international affairs over the past 250 years has been determined by the c...
11 Apr 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Juan Pablo CARDENAL
Author / Correspondent
Topic: Silent Army: How China is building its global power – from the ground up
As China hunts for natural resources and leverages its position as the world’s banker, Chinese firms are leaving heavy social and environmental footprints in many pa...
10 Apr 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Lawrence FREEDMAN
Professor of War Studies at King's College London
Topic: From Europe to Asia: OBAMA's Pivot
Professor FREEDMAN will describe the two key themes of Obama's foreign policy - a reluctance to intervene on the ground in distant conflicts other than Afghanistan and the 'pivot...
8 Apr 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Usha HALEY
Author / Professor of International Business, Massey University, New Zealand
Topic: Game Changer: how subsidies to Chinese Industry altered the World as we knew it
For the past five years or so, Usha HALEY has asked: Why did China frequently move in a couple of years, in capit...
28 Mar 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Dr. Gino STRADA
Founder, EMERGENCY
Topic: War, Health and Human Rights
An outspoken anti-war activist, Dr. STRADA will explore the basic concepts of war, health and human rights, as the thread that links all of EMERGENCY’s activities: the challenges of implementing human rights in contem...
26 Mar 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Dr. Malik PEIRIS
Scientific Director of HKU Pasteur Research Pole
Chair of Virology, School of Public Health, Hong Kong University
Topic: Emerging infectious diseases in Asia: what comes next?
Professor Malik PEIRIS played a central role in identifying the SARS virus a decade ago, and is...
20 Mar 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: JIANG Haishan
Vice President,
China Executive Leadership Academy, Pudong (CELAP)
Topic: China's new policies after The National People's Congress
The session of the National People’s Congress ending on March 17 is producing a new president, premier and set of ministers for China who are ...
14 Mar 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Allan CHIANG, SBS
Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
Topic: Balance between Privacy Rights and Public Interest
Finding a balance between the right to privacy and other social and economic rights is tricky, as highlighted by the raging debate over a proposal to redact direc...
11 Mar 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: David ANDERSON
Author & Physician
Topic: Hongshan Jade Carvings: Collection and Controversy
Mr. ANDERSON has openly collected more than a thousand jade carvings from China’s prehistoric Hongshan Culture (3,500 – 2,000 BCE) over the past 13 years, and he has done so at relatively little c...
