20 Oct 2020 08:00 AM
ONLINE BREAKFAST ZOOM EVENT
Jiayang Fan’s Story of Her Family
and International Propaganda
SPEAKER
JIAYANG FAN
Writer, The New Yorker
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
8:00am HKT on Zoom
New Yorker staff writer Jiayang Fan’s recent cover art...
12 Oct 2020 08:00 PM
ONLINE ZOOM EVENT
‘In the Dragon’s Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century’ – Book Talk with Sebastian Strangio
SPEAKER
SEBASTIAN STRANGIO
Author, Southeast Asia Editor at The Diplomat
Monday, October 12, 2020
8:00pm HKT on Zoom
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October 7, 2020
FCC First Vice President and Press Freedom Committee co-convener Eric Wishart revisits the club’s core mission – and the many ways in which it has fought for unfettered, independent journalism since its founding.
Ming Pao’s Lai Chun Kit won the People’s Choice Photo Award at the Human Rights Pr...
October 6, 2020
China’s Communist Party has ‘weaponised’ the greed of America’s film industry, resulting in increasing self-censorship by Hollywood in its bid to reach Chinese audiences.
James Tager, Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian and Rebecca Davis are interviewed by the FCC's Shibani Mahtani.
That was the consensu...
September 24, 2020
On September 23, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong, published a statement opposing a restrictive new accreditation policy for journalists in the city as detailed in a 22 September letter from the Hong Kong Police. The same day, the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign A...
September 23, 2020
Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, has shown a lack of leadership in the fight against COVID-19, according to the author of a book on the former furniture maker who took office six years ago.
Ben Bland talks to Keith Richburg.
Indonesia currently ranks 23rd of 217 countries in terms of the nu...
September 17, 2020
The latest group of members to join the FCC is, as always, an interesting bunch. The membership committee meets regularly to go through applications and is always impressed by the diversity of people who want to join the Club.
Richard Albuquerque
I am the founding partner of Richard Albuquerque...
22 Sep 2020 08:00 PM
ONLINE ZOOM EVENT
The Many Contradictions of Indonesia’s President Widodo:
Book Event with Ben Bland
SPEAKER
BEN BLAND
Director of the Southeast Asia Program, the Lowy Institute
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
8:00pm HKT on Zoom
Indonesi...
September 8, 2020
Founded in Japanese-occupied China in 1943, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club’s first base was in Chongqing, a city controlled by Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek. As the Chinese civil war intensified, the club moved with the action, first to Nanjing, then to Shanghai. It moved to Hong Kong in...