October 24, 2017
Here are the latest reports of harassment against journalists covering events in China, courtesy of our colleagues at the FCC China.
INCIDENT REPORT - submitted October 2017
Jeremy Koh. Photo: Channel News Asia
by Jeremy Koh, Channel News Asia
I was in Tonghua speaking with an elderly man in a...
3 Nov 2017 12:30 PM
TALK
Xi's Dreams, Orwell's Nightmares:
Censorship in Today's China
SPEAKER
Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Chancellor’s Professor of History, University of California at Irvine
Friday, November 3, 2017
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:15pm – Address
1st Floor
China is a count...
October 11, 2017
A lot of practice and a lot of study is the secret to becoming a successful opera singer, according to China’s first Western diva.
Soprano He Hui said it also helped to have passion when singing as she addressed the October 11 club lunch, revealing the story behind her rise from teenage singer in...
October 4, 2017
Four China experts discussed their views on who's in and who's out as the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China approaches.
The debate at the FCC on October 3 featured panelists Dr. Willy Lam of Centre for China Studies and the History Department of the Chinese University of Hon...
September 25, 2017
New cyber security laws and threats to constrain virtual private networks (VPNs) in China are making life ever-harder for information-based businesses, particularly foreign journalists operating in China. Jane Moir takes a closer look at the impact of the new rules.
In the mid-1990s, Rupert Murd...
September 21, 2017
James Stent, a former director of the audit committee of the China Everbright Bank. Photo: Sarah Graham/FCC
China’s banks are unlikely to collapse despite continuing fears over bad debt and shadow banking, says a former auditor of one of the country’s biggest state owned banks.
A hybrid system co...
11 Oct 2017 12:30 AM
TALK
My Life as China’s First Western Diva
SPEAKER
He Hui
Soprano
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:15pm – Address
1st Floor
He Hui - in Hong Kong to sing the opening night of Opera Hong Kong’s new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Aida” be...
3 Oct 2017 06:45 PM
PANEL
The 19th Party Congress –
Implications for China’s Future
PANELISTS
Dr. Willy Lam
is an Adjunct Professor at the Center for China Studies and the History Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Dr. Jean-Pierre Cabestan
is Professor and Head, Department...
September 14, 2017
Who really cares about the environment - China or the U.S.? That was the question posed to two experts in the field of environment - and the answer was a little more complicated.
Professor Robert Gottlieb, founder and former Director of the Urban and Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental C...
21 Sep 2017 12:30 PM
Why The Bears Are Wrong:
China's Banks Are Not Going To Collapse
Speaker: James Stent
Senior Counselor, Vriens & Partners
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
12:30PM FOR 12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Bears have long been predicting a crisis for China's...
