October 7, 2021
By Philip Bowring
Ian Verchere, who died on 17 July in England aged 83, was one of the most agreeable and versatile journalists I have known. A restless enthusiasm and a wide variety of intellectual interests took him to many places, but he started out in Hong Kong doing his national service i...
October 6, 2021
As Rick Boost discovers, the pandemic has pushed many media organisations in Hong Kong to adjust workplace policies, find new revenue streams and come out stronger.
When COVID-19 swept across the globe in early 2020, it pummeled many media companies. Some slashed freelance budgets, others cut...
September 29, 2021
In China’s Russian Princess: The Silent Wife of Chiang Ching-kuo, author Mark O’Neill tells the extraordinary and largely unknown story of how a factory worker named Faina Ipat’evna Vakhreva ended up married to the son of Chiang Kai-shek.
O’Neill lived in Taiwan from 1981 to 1983, when the isl...
September 23, 2021
By Stephen Vines
Jonathan Mirsky was never a conventional journalist, nor conventional anything else. He died in London in September at the age of 88.
For many years he was among the best known China watchers in the hacking business and won the British Press Awards International Repor...
September 22, 2021
Offering an overview of the relationship between China and Hong Kong, longtime public servant and politician Regina Ip, a member of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council, said that tensions between the mainland and the SAR were natural and to be expected.
“The implementation ...
September 15, 2021
While some Western governments may look at China’s rise with anxiety and some with awe, many Chinese see their country’s growing prominence on the global stage as a return to a natural state of affairs. In his insightful historical survey Superpower Interrupted: The Chinese History of the World, ...
15 Sep 2021 — 14 Nov 2021
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Gnarly Head Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel 2019
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14 Sep 2021 12:30 PM — 02:00 PM
LUNCH TALK
Book Talk – ‘Superpower Interrupted: The Chinese History of the World’
SPEAKER
Michael Schuman
Journalist and Author
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:10pm – Address
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2 Sep 2021 12:30 PM — 02:00 PM
LUNCH TALK
‘Add Ink’: Award-Winning Cartoonist Harry Harrison Returns to the FCC
SPEAKER
Harry Harrison
Political Cartoonist, South China Morning Post
Thursday, September 2, 2021
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1...
21 Jul 2021 — 24 Jul 2021
SPORT EVENT SCHEDULE
Wednesday, July 21
Tokyo 2020: Women's Football -China vs Brazil
Time: 3:55PM
Now Channel 601
Main Bar Small screen only, Wyndham Street end
No sound
Tokyo 2020: Women's Football -Australia vs New Zealand
Time: 7:30PM
Now Channel...
