19 Jun 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Pavin CHACHAVALPONGPUN
Associate Professor, Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
Topic: Thaksin’s Homecoming: Yes? No? So What?
This talk will focus on the possibility of former Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin SHINAWATRA returning to Thailand and its impact on Thai politi...
6 Jun 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Nan SUSSMAN
Professor of Cultural Psychology
City University of New York
Topic: Blended or Bi-Cultural: What Happens to Boomerangs and Sea Turtles?
Nearly 500,000 Hong Kongers have returned since the handover and a similar number of Mainlanders have returned home following study or work ...
31 May 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Ruchir SHARMA
Managing Director, Head of Global Emerging Markets Equity team
Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Topic: Breakout Nations: in pursuit of the next economic miracles
Mr. SHARMA will talk about the main themes in his new bestseller, “Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next ...
29 May 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Eswar PRASAD
The Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University
Topic: Will the Renminbi Rule the World?
Professor PRASAD, previously Chief of the International Monetary Fund’s China Division, will evaluate the steps China has taken to promote the international use of the ...
23 May 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Sophie RICHARDSON
China Director, Human Rights Watch
Topic: “Beat Him, Take Everything Away”
At this lunch, Sophie RICHARDSON, will launch Human Rights Watch’s first China report for 2012, “Beat Him, Take Everything Away”: Abuses by China’s Chengguan Para-Police. Since its founding in 19...
22 May 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Ashley ALDER
Chief Executive Officer of the Securities and Futures Commission
Topic: Some Aspects of Securities Regulation in Hong Kong
Ashley ALDER will cover briefly three aspects of the SFC's work : First, its approach to enforcement against market misconduct, including the significan...
21 May 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Professor CHEN Guangzhong
Tenured Professor of China University of Political Science and Law
Topic: How China Revised its Criminal Procedure Code
Rule of law has seldom been more frequently in the news from China than right now. As it happens, the National People’s Congress approved on M...
17 May 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Hans VRIENS
Managing Partner, Vriens & Partners
Topic: Myanmar’s political and economic awakening
What are the political and economic changes underway and the current realities on the ground in Myanmar? Following Myanmar’s recent by-elections, Aung San Suu Kyi will lead the largest oppos...
16 May 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Professor Ezra F. VOGEL
The Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard University
Topic: If Deng were alive, what would he think about China today?
What are the changes in leadership style from Deng through Jiang to Hu and Xi?
How would Deng look at corruption and...