24 Mar 2022 12:00 PM — 01:00 PM
ONLINE ZOOM EVENT
The Covid-19 Crisis in Hong Kong and China
PANEL
Thursday, March 24, 2022
12pm HKT on Zoom
Experts say Hong Kong's fifth wave has peaked, but the city currently has the world's...
15 Mar 2022 12:00 PM — 01:00 PM
ONLINE ZOOM EVENT
Book Talk: ‘Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy’
SPEAKER
ERICH SCHWARTZEL
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
12pm HKT on Zoom
'Red Carpet: Hollywood,...
February 1, 2022
Foreign journalists in China face growing threats of harassment and intimidation, while news organizations there are operating at drastically reduced staffing levels, according to an annual report on working conditions by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China.
“As the number of journalists...
January 27, 2022
One of the most enigmatic characters to have played a role in China’s recent history is the subject of a new biography greatly relished by Mark Jones.
The subtitle of Mark O’Neill’s latest book, China’s Russian Princess, reads “The Silent Wife of Chiang Ching-Kuo”. There is no dramatic licence...
January 26, 2022
Michael Sheridan sheds some light on his latest book, The Gate to China, an epic history of the rise of the People’s Republic and the decline of Hong Kong. By Ed Peters
What first led you to China?
Michael Sheridan: I was working with The Independent’s star photographer in Italy when the news...
January 25, 2022
In December, journalism advocacy group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) issued “The Great Leap Backwards of Journalism in China”, an 80-page report cataloguing the assault on press freedom across the country.
In the foreword, RSF Secretary-General Christophe Deloire contends that President Xi J...
27 Jan 2022 12:30 PM — 02:00 PM
LUNCH TALK
The Scottish Botanist Who Stole the Tea of China
SPEAKER
Mark O’Neill
Journalist and Author
Thursday, January 27, 2022
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:10pm – Address
First Floor
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