9 May 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: YAN Lianke
Author
Topic: Why isn't China producing great literary works?
YAN Lianke, one of China’s most prolific and controversial writers, believes Chinese literature is not short of marvelous stories and skillful writers; what China lacks, according to YAN, is writers with courage to ...
18 Apr 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: CAO Ri
Director of CCTV International News Department
Member of the Board of CCTV News Content
Topic: CCTV’s global expansion: where does it go from here?
Mr. CAO will talk about the strides that CCTV, China’s state broadcaster, has taken in improving its capacities in global news gather...
17 Apr 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: WANG Xiangwei
Editor-in-Chief, South China Morning Post
Topic: Navigating change: steering the South China Morning Post to a brighter future
Throughout its 109 years of publishing, the South China Morning Post has weathered war, political and economic ups and downs and much more. With th...
12 Apr 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Christine CHOY
Professor, New York University Film School
Current Fulbright Fellow, Beijing
Topic: The state of documentary filmmaking in China
Christina CHOY will show her short documentary, “No Fifth Grade”, and use it as a basis to discuss the current state of documentary filmmaking i...
26 Mar 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Manu BHASKARAN
Partner, Centennial Group
Topic: Southeast Asia 2012: Positive Trends, Dangerous Details
U.S.- China competition, Indonesia 's re-emergence and Myanmar 's return from the cold are among the developments that have put Southeast Asia back on the radar of investors. At the na...
20 Mar 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: David YANG Zuoren
Director, Shandong Confucian Business Institute
Topic: Why China promotes Confucianism
China's government has spent at least $500 million since 2004 establishing 350 Confucius Institutes worldwide to teach Mandarin and Chinese culture. It also funds classrooms at elemen...
15 Mar 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: ZHANG Xin
CEO & Co-Founder, SOHO China
Topic: Outlook of the Chinese Real Estate Market
While tightening measures targeting China’s residential property sector have led to record low performances, office rental yields have risen 50% in Beijing and 16% in Shanghai over the last year. ZHAN...
13 Mar 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Michele DAVIS
Partner, Brunswick Group / Former Senior Advisor to U.S. Treasury Secretary
Topic: From “Too Big to Fail” to the 2012 US Presidential Election – Perspectives from a former U.S. Treasury Insider
Michele DAVIS, former senior advisor to Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, will sh...
7 Mar 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Panelists:
Tony LOUGHRAN
Director, ZeroRisk International
Tim SCHWARZ
Producer, CNN
Phil SMITH
General Manager, Reuters News North Asia
Moderator:
Eric WISHART
Asia-Pacific Director AFP
Topic: A Deadly Profession – How to Confront the Dangers of Modern Journalism
Renowned war correspondent Marie ...