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24 Jan 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Jing ULRICH Managing Director & Chairman, China Equities & Commodities, J.P. Morgan Topic: China in 2011: cultivating sustainable growth Jing will discuss China’s rapidly changing policy environment and examine potential risks: 1) How will policymakers address the risk of risin...
18 Jan 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Peter G de KRASSEL Author and analyst on Sino-US relations Topic: Feasting Dragon, Starving Eagle Mr de KRASSEL introduces his new book: Feasting Dragon, Starving Eagle. In his view, through its misguided foreign and fiscal policies and alliances, America has allowed China to prosper at ...
23 Nov 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Basil PAO Photographer / Author Topic: Great landscapes of the World Shan Shui - Mountain and Water - is the term for the school of Chinese landscape paintings in a spontaneous ink-wash style. Basil PAO has used the three principles of Shan Shui painting - paths, threshold and heart - to...
22 Nov 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Anthony BOLTON Author / Columnist / President of Investments, Fidelity Investment Managers Topic: “China and Global Markets” Almost a year ago, Anthony BOLTON announced his intention to postpone retirement and relocate to Hong Kong to manage a China fund for UK investors. At the time, he...
16 Nov 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: John SAYER Director General, Oxfam Hong Kong Topic: China's unsung heroes Oxfam Hong Kong routinely works with farmers, villagers and migrant workers on rural development and job-training programmes. In a recent book, China Voices, the NGO profiled various groups and individuals whose da...
11 Nov 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Frank DIKOTTER Chair Professor of Humanities, University of Hong Kong Topic: MAO’s Great Famine - the history of China’s most devastating catastrophe "Between 1958 and 1962, China descended into hell." Frank DIKOTTER shares his riveting chronicle of the Great Leap Forward, using previous...
10 Nov 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Guest: Lord Peter MANDELSON Host: Steve VINES Political Commentator and Broadcaster Topic: Inside New Labour Together, Tony BLAIR, Gordon BROWN and Peter MANDELSON were the founding architects of Britain's New Labour party. Now, Peter MANDELSON, one of the most controversial politicians of modern...
8 Nov 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Jenny BOWEN Founder & CEO, Half the Sky Topic: China’s orphans today How many children are still in China’s orphanages? What’s changed in recent years? How is the trafficking situation? The Chinese government estimates it has 583,000 orphans with about 57,000 living in 290 children’...
5 Oct 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Charles LI Chief Executive, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited Topic: Hong Kong's role in the internationalization of the renminbi Controlled internationalization of the renminbi is a landmark experiment. It has become one of the hottest topics in Hong Kong’s finance industry as it...
28 Sep 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Dr. CHEN Xiwo Writer, litigant and scholar of comparative literature at Fuzhou Normal University Topic: From the front lines in the battle against censorship In June 2007, the Fuzhou office of China Customs intercepted the galley proof of author CHEN Xiwo’s book that had been mailed to h...
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