January 16, 2017
Author and journalist Toh Han Shih talked about whether China can be an empire in the 21st Century
China’s rise as a world leader in the 21st Century has mirrored that of the British imperialists in the 19th Century - but whether it can become an empire itself is still open to question, according...
16 Jan 2017 12:30 AM
Is China An Empire In The 21st Century?
Speaker: Toh Han Shih
Author &
Senior Asia Correspondent, MLex
MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2017
12:30PM FOR 12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Toh Han Shih, the author of the book "Is China an empire?" discussed whether ...
December 6, 2016
Sophie Richardson, China Director, Human Rights Watch, revealed how China's corruption suspects are kidnapped and tortured
The methods of torture used to extract confessions from suspected corrupt Chinese Communist Party officials was revealed as Human Rights Watch released its report at the FCC ...
December 5, 2016
Professor Richard Fielding, public health expert from HKU, talked about climate destabilisation at the FCC
Climate destabilisation is the most important threat our species has faced - and China, the world’s biggest polluter, could be the country to turn it around, according to public health exper...
November 5, 2016
Suzanne Nossel, executive director of PEN America, released the findings of a report into the Causeway Bay booksellers incident
China’s lawless and brazen actions in reaching across boundaries to detain five Hong Kong booksellers has set a chilling precedent that should not be allowed to happen a...
October 26, 2016
Guest speaker Philippe Metoudi on Israel's relationship with China
China’s two-way trade with in Israel has gone from zero to US$4bn in the last three years, as the mainland seeks to position itself at the cutting edge of technological development, according to Philippe Metoudi, guest speaker at ...
1 Jan 1970 12:00 AM
Israel, the Start-Up Nation:
How It Can Change the Face of China's Economy
Speaker: Philippe Metoudi
Senior Advisor and Executive Board Member of the Israel Asian Fund
Managing Partner, AlfaSec Advisors & Founder of Duotem Capital Limited
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2...
1 Jan 1970 12:00 AM
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:15pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Anurag Viswanath, Author
China has a wide variety of people on its “periphery”. Periphery has many dimensions - geographical, i.e. ethnic minorities in the far-corners of China like the Mongols and the Uygh...
1 Jan 1970 12:00 AM
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:15pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Arthur R. Kroeber, Head of Research, Gavekal
Editor, China Economic Quarterly
In the last three decades, China has been transformed from an impoverished backwater into the world's second-biggest economy and...
May 18, 2016
While the release of the Panama Papers rocked governments around the world, it hardly caused a ripple in China, one of the biggest sources of funds for these offshore accounts. China's clampdown on any news of the leaks has been particularly effective.
While the release of the Panama Papers rock...
