26 Mar 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Manu BHASKARAN
Partner, Centennial Group
Topic: Southeast Asia 2012: Positive Trends, Dangerous Details
U.S.- China competition, Indonesia 's re-emergence and Myanmar 's return from the cold are among the developments that have put Southeast Asia back on the radar of investors. At the na...
20 Mar 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: David YANG Zuoren
Director, Shandong Confucian Business Institute
Topic: Why China promotes Confucianism
China's government has spent at least $500 million since 2004 establishing 350 Confucius Institutes worldwide to teach Mandarin and Chinese culture. It also funds classrooms at elemen...
15 Mar 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: ZHANG Xin
CEO & Co-Founder, SOHO China
Topic: Outlook of the Chinese Real Estate Market
While tightening measures targeting China’s residential property sector have led to record low performances, office rental yields have risen 50% in Beijing and 16% in Shanghai over the last year. ZHAN...
13 Mar 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Michele DAVIS
Partner, Brunswick Group / Former Senior Advisor to U.S. Treasury Secretary
Topic: From “Too Big to Fail” to the 2012 US Presidential Election – Perspectives from a former U.S. Treasury Insider
Michele DAVIS, former senior advisor to Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, will sh...
7 Mar 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Panelists:
Tony LOUGHRAN
Director, ZeroRisk International
Tim SCHWARZ
Producer, CNN
Phil SMITH
General Manager, Reuters News North Asia
Moderator:
Eric WISHART
Asia-Pacific Director AFP
Topic: A Deadly Profession – How to Confront the Dangers of Modern Journalism
Renowned war correspondent Marie ...
6 Mar 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Laurence E. LIPSHER
An American C.P.A.
Topic: Form 8938, the Venus Fly Trap of the I.R.S.
If you are liable for filing U.S. Income taxes and you thought last year was bad, be prepared – it is getting worse.
Mr. LIPSHER, in his annual U.S. tax “stand-up” comedic performance (because it is...
5 Mar 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Introducer: Sarah MONKS
God daughter of Richard HUGHES
Topic: Documentary Screening: A Richard HUGHES film – “You only Live Twice - the incredibly true story of the HUGHES family”
On the anniversary of the birth of the legendary foreign correspondent and infamous China watcher, Richard HUGHES (bo...
1 Mar 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: Documentary Screening: “Assignment: China – The Week that Changed the World”
There was a documentary screeing session in this club event. However, due to copyrig...
29 Feb 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Hans TIMMER
Director, Development Prospects Group, World Bank
Topic: Global economic prospects 2012: uncertainties and vulnerabilities
Hans TIMMER will present the Bank’s assessment of the current turbulence in the global economy, based on the latest update of its flagship report, Global...
