November 28, 2019
Former Hong Kong Chief Executive C.Y. Leung warned that the consequences of the recent district council election results, which saw pro-democracy candidates take more than 80% of seats, “may be far greater than we imagine”.
The vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Polit...
November 19, 2019
The Peace Hotel on Shanghai’s Bund has seen it all over 90 years, from glittering guests such as Charlie Chaplin and Noel Coward, to the Gang of Four and Communist officials settling in as the wheels of history turned. Jonathan Sharp went along for birthday celebrations.
View of the Bund in 193...
November 8, 2019
William Furniss is an urbanist and architectural photographer based in Hong Kong but born in London in 1970. An early interest in science and design led to an engineering degree at Exeter University in England before beginning his photographic career in 1991. Initially taken with the idea of work...
6 Nov 2019 07:00 PM
DINNER TALK
A Conversation with the Editor in Chief
of The Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
7:00pm – Dinner
7:30pm – Talk
1st Floor
Since being named editor in chief in 2018, Matt Murray h...
October 21, 2019
Not much has changed for years in the way Hong Kong’s courts handle the media, leaving reporters to rely on an unspoken code of sharing any information they can get their hands on. This doesn’t bode well for the protest-related cases the judiciary will handle in the coming months. Jane Moir repor...
23 Oct 2019 12:30 PM
LUNCH PANEL
Responsible Tourism:
How To Be More Green When You Travel
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:15pm – Panel
2:00pm - Event Ends
1st Floor
Travel is one of the pleasures of life. But how can y...
October 18, 2019
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.
May James
After 15 years working with local education, raising two be...
October 16, 2019
The Correspondent invited reporters and photographers to have their say about witnessing months of protests in Hong Kong. Only one person declined, with a good reason. He told me his continuous 18-hour days left him no time for reflection. Others replied in their own individual way, with stories ...
October 15, 2019
A panel of experienced video and photojournalists shared their on-the-ground experiences of covering the ongoing Hong Kong protests at a discussion on October 15.
L-R: Anthony Kwan, May James, Chieu Luu, Aleksander Solum, and moderator Shibani Mahtani. Photo: Sarah Graham/FCC
The panelists spo...
15 Oct 2019 12:30 PM
LUNCH PANEL
Covering the Hong Kong Protests:
Video and Photo Journalists on the Front Lines
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:15pm – Panel
2:00pm - Event Ends
1st Floor
A pack of yellow-vested journalist...
