23 Jul 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Stephen D. KING
Group Chief Economist, HSBC
Topic: When the money runs out: The end of Western Affluence
Mr. KING feels that the Western world has experienced extraordinary economic progress throughout the last six decades, a prosperous period so extended that continuous economic growth ...
27 Jun 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Anna PAO SOHMEN
Advisory Professor of Shanghai Jiaotong University & Tongji University
Topic: Has Y.K. PAO and DENG Xiaoping’s vision of modern China been realized?
Legendary shipping magnate Sir Y. K. PAO was a man who was heard by heads of nations around the world, including China's la...
26 Jun 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Joe ZHANG
Corporate Advisor, Author, former Head of China Research at UBS,
former Chairman of Wansui Micro Credit
Topic: Inside China’s Shadow Banking: The Next Subprime Crisis?
Is shadow banking in China likely to become the source of the next global financial crisis or simply a little ...
13 Jun 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Joe STUDWELL
Author / Journalist
Topic: How Asia Works: success and failure in the world's most dynamic region
Joe STUDWELL will talk about his latest book, How Asia Works, and how he planned it as the book he wished he had read before he started working as a journalist in East Asia in 1...
3 Jun 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Professor Michael E. DeGOLYER
Hong Kong Baptist University
Director of the Hong Kong Transition Project
Topic: Constitutional Reform in Hong Kong: Round Three
The Hong Kong Transition Project releases a report which examines how much people trust C.Y. LEUNG to lead political reform consu...
28 May 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Kevin SITES
Author, War Correspondent
Topic: The things they cannot say: combatants and moral injury in war
Kevin SITES has interviewed U.S. soldiers and Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as veterans of other wars, on such questions as: What is it like to kill? What is it like to ...
27 May 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Jonathan D SOLOMON
Architect
Topic: Hong Kong: A city without ground
Mr. SOLOMON will discuss the historical origins and possible future directions of Hong Kong as a "city without ground, seculating that Hong Kong's urbanism is a result of the city's problematic relationship to ground. “...
22 May 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Jonathan ADDLETON
Author / Former U.S. Ambassador
Topic: Warm Relations in a Cold Place: Reflections on Mongolia and the United States
Mr. ADDLETON will discuss the past, present and future of Mongolia, a country that has changed dramatically in recent years and ranks as one of the world...
15 May 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Angelina CHEN
Producer / Director
Topic: Documentary Screening - "One Tree Three Lives"
The film "One Tree Three Lives" chronicles the life of the acclaimed novelist Hualing Nieh Engle, now aged 88; the founding and development of the International Writing Program in Iowa, USA; and the r...
6 May 2013 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Laurent FABIUS
Foreign Minister & Former Prime Minister, France
Press Conference
Mr. FABIUS will give a press conference following his visit to China to include the following issues: Hong Kong’s key role, situation of the euro zone, measures taken in France to help attract investors etc....
