17 Jan 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Vali R. NASR
Dean of The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies,
Johns Hopkins University
Topic: The Arab Spring: Where do we go from here?
Vali R. NASR will provide a tour d’horizon of the Middle East today, with particular attention paid to Egypt, the Israel-Palestinian...
14 Jan 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Dr. Paul O’CONNOR
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Topic: The Status of Muslims in the Minority Politics of Contemporary Hong Kong
Who are Hong Kong’s Muslims, to which communities do they belong, what is their history, and what ...
17 Dec 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Sir David TANG KBE
Chevalier de I’Ordre des Arts et Lettres
Topic: What my first trip to China taught me about the future of China
Sir David TANG is one of the contributors to the new book “My First Trip to China: Scholars, Diplomats and Journalists Reflect on their First Encounters with...
10 Dec 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Doug YOUNG
Professor, Finance Journalism, Fudan University
Former Journalist, Reuters
Topic: How New Media are changing China's social dialogue
Mr. YOUNG will discuss the rapid rise of new media in China and how those media have changed the way that news gets disseminated. Using platform...
6 Dec 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Mr. C.Y. LEUNG
Chief Executive, Hong Kong
Topic: Hong Kong - The Next 5 Years
Mr. C.Y. LEUNG took office as the fourth term Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on July 1, after his election in March on a platform including more affordable housing, tackling poll...
20 Nov 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Irv DRASNIN
Co-Producer, Award-Winning CBS News Jounalist
Topic: "The Revolutionary" - Sidney Rittenberg
Sidney RITTENBERG arrived in China at the end of World War II as a GI and Chinese language expert. He remained in China to work for the United Nations Relief Organization, eventually ...
7 Nov 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Stephen VINES
Journalist, Writer, Broadcaster
Topic: Why Food Gurus are Crazy and Wonderful
Note: Recipes from the celebrity chefs covered in the book will be served at this gourmet dinner.
Stephen VINES will talk about his new book, Food Gurus – 20 People Who Have Changed the Way We Eat...
1 Nov 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Mike CHINOY
CNN’s former Beijing Bureau Chief
Senior Fellow, U.S. - China Institute, University of Southern California
Topic: “ASSIGNMENT CHINA: CHINA WATCHING”
Documentary Screening
After MAO Zedong's communists took power in China in 1949, American journalists were barred from the coun...
31 Oct 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Roderick MACFARQUHAR
Leroy B. WILLIAMS Professor of History and Political Science
Harvard University
Topic: China in Transition
China is currently going through a major leadership transition. Professor MACFARQUHAR will talk about that in the context of the broader transition between Maoi...
30 Oct 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Ambassador CHEN Jian
Dean of the School of International Studies, Renmin University
Former Under Secretary General of the United Nations
Topic: China’s Policies and its Neighbors
Ambassador CHEN, one of China’s best-known diplomats for the last half-century, will review the history of re...
