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Our FCC Speakers Series is a unique opportunity for our members and their guests to listen, engage and discuss the latest local and international events and trends at the Club. The talks, organized by the Club’s Professional Committee, are hosted in the FCC’s main dining room, usually over lunch and occasionally over breakfast or dinner. The speaker typically gives initial remarks for 30-40 minutes and then takes questions for 10-15 minutes. The events are on the record, and videos of them go up on the Club’s website.

Aside from organizing guest speakers, the Professional Committee plans and produces evening documentary screenings, educational workshops, debates, speed-networking opportunities and events that benefit FCC members and provide opportunities for correspondents and journalists to grow professionally. See below for a full list of all club activities.
27 Aug 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Gerard LEMOS Author / Former Chairman, The British Council Topic: What do people in China want and will they get it? Gerard LEMOS, author of “The End of the Chinese Dream: Why Chinese people fear the future”, spent several months in the South West of China far from the shiny, prosperous ...
24 Jul 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Howard FRENCH Associate Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Former Bureau Chief, The New York Times Topic: Haphazard Empire: Encounters with China's Migrants to Africa In recent years, China's deepening relationship with Africa has become one of the most wi...
12 Jul 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Rob COX Americas Editor, Reuters Breakingviews Topic: Economic implications of the U.S. elections Whether Barack OBAMA is re-elected or defeated by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt ROMNEY won’t make much of a difference on the one legislative priority the new president will face: fixin...
4 Jul 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Johnny Yui-siu LAU Independent Political Commentator Topic: Self censorship in Hong Kong: how worried should we be? The South China Morning Post has come under the spotlight as the world considers the state of Hong Kong’s rights and freedoms on the 15th anniversary of its handover to Chi...
21 Jun 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Dr. Mark MOBIUS Executive Chairman of the Templeton Emerging Markets Group Topic: MOBIUS on emerging market The traditional dominance of the G7 countries continue to be challenged by emerging nations like China and Brazil, especially as the Eurozone crisis grips the global economy. Mark ...
20 Jun 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Mark O’ NEILL Author & Journalist Topic: Boxer Rebellion, Manchurian Plague, Japanese Invasion and House Arrest: 45 years of an Irish Missionary Life in Liaoning 1897 to 1942 Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1870, Frederick O’NEILL went to Liaoning in 1897 to serve as a missionary. H...
19 Jun 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Pavin CHACHAVALPONGPUN Associate Professor, Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University Topic: Thaksin’s Homecoming: Yes? No? So What? This talk will focus on the possibility of former Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin SHINAWATRA returning to Thailand and its impact on Thai politi...
7 Jun 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Carol T. CHRIST
6 Jun 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Nan SUSSMAN Professor of Cultural Psychology City University of New York Topic: Blended or Bi-Cultural: What Happens to Boomerangs and Sea Turtles? Nearly 500,000 Hong Kongers have returned since the handover and a similar number of Mainlanders have returned home following study or work ...
31 May 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Ruchir SHARMA Managing Director, Head of Global Emerging Markets Equity team Morgan Stanley Investment Management Topic: Breakout Nations: in pursuit of the next economic miracles Mr. SHARMA will talk about the main themes in his new bestseller, “Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next ...
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