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10 Nov 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Sophie RICHARDSON
Topic: Discussion and Q&A with Human Rights Watch China Director Sophie Richardson
Over the past year, dozens of civil society activists, lawyers, bloggers and artists, including Ai Weiwei, have been victims of enforced disappearances – a form of extralegal detention by...
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3 Nov 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Andrew ROY
Head of News, BBC World News
Topic: Global news in a 24-Hour World
The demands on global news have never been greater. 2011 was a year in which major news events around the world - from Japan to Egypt - have stretched international news operations in unprecedented ways. Andrew...
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2 Nov 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers:
Professor Michael E. DEGOLYER
Hong Kong Baptist University
Professor Sonny LO
Hong Kong Institute of Education
Topic: Local Elections, Long-Term Effects? The Hong Kong District Council Elections of 2011 – Survey Results Presentation
The 2011 District Council elections are the first in a...
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31 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: CHAN Koon-chung
Author, Founder of “City” Magazine
Topic: How China deals with its Awkward Squad of Dissenters
CHAN Koon-chung, whose latest novel `The Fat Years' is set in a China that has become the world's top economic power while remaining a one-party state, will talk about how that ...
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27 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Postponed until Further Notice
Speaker: Karel De Gucht
European Union Trade Commissioner
An atmosphere of anxiety looms over the world economy. Developed countries fear competition from emerging economies. Europe's budgetary situation spreads uncertainty across the world. Stuttering growth and hi...
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25 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: the Hon. Joe HOCKEY
Federal Member for North Sydney and the Shadow Treasurer
Topic: Australia's future engagement in the Asian century
Joe HOCKEY, the opposition's finance spokesman will detail for the first time his views on Australia's future relations with Asia. Australia is the only ...
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20 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: John Terence HUNG
SBS JP
Topic: Reflections of a high flyer from Stanley Prison
When Mr. HUNG was writing his book “Master of None” from inside Stanley Prison, apart from the experience of imprisonment, he also recounted the many events and people that have affected his life. The most dr...
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13 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Hugo DIXON
Editor, Breakingviews, Thomson Reuters
Topic: The Euro Zone Debt Crisis: How bad is it, and what does it mean for Asia?
With Greece nearing a default and global markets feeling the pain of a weak European response, what is likely to happen next as European officials wrestle to...
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12 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Sundaram TAGORE
Director
Topic: “The Poetics of Color: Natvar Bhavsar – An Artist’s Journey”
Mr. TAGORE will introduce the story behind the film and talk about the making of the movie: How he as an art gallery operator found the inspiration to make a documentary, his approach towards fil...