15 Jun 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Joseph AMON
Director of Human Rights Watch’s Health and Human Rights Division
Topic: “My children have been poisoned” – China’s pead poisoning public health crisis
In China today hundreds of thousands of children suffer from permanent mental and physical disabilities as a result of lead ...
14 Jun 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Michael DUNNE
Author & President of Dunne & Company Limited
Topic: A Stunning - Yet Ever Fragile - Success: General Motors in China
In 2010, the American news program 60 Minutes planned to do a special that looked at why GM managed to thrive in China while the American icon went bankrupt...
9 Jun 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
The World Bank recently published a new report, Global Development Horizons 2011,that looks at the rise of emerging economies, the associated rising use of the Chinese renminbi in trade, and what the world economy is likely to be by the year 2025.
The report says that by 2025, six major emerging ...
7 Jun 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Sharon HOM
Executive Director of Human Rights in China, Executive Producer
Topic: Video Screening: “Portraits of Loss and the Quest for Justice”
In June 1989, the Chinese government used military force to suppress a peaceful protest movement. For nearly two decades, the Tiananmen Mothers...
31 May 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Bruce ROCKOWITZ
Group President & Chief Executive Officer, Li & Fung Limited
Topic: Wage rises in China – a growing concern?
Fast-rising labour costs have become a prime concern for manufacturers in southern China, and many are turning to other parts of China and elsewhere in Asia to pro...
26 May 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Hon Bill ENGLISH
New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and for Infrastructure
Topic: Shaky Isles: The Economic Impact of Christchurch’s Seismic Shift
Throughout 2010, aftershocks from the global financial crisis continued to ripple around the world. And, in February...
24 May 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Dr. Martin BRUDERMUELLER
Topic: Can Asia improve energy efficiency?
Asia’s rampant growth in energy demand has the potential to derail economic and development opportunities. At the same time, climate targets can only be met with a major contribution from energy efficiency. China, as the...
16 May 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Robert BICKERS
Author
Topic: The Scramble for China - Foreign Devils in the Qing Empire, 1832-1914, 1832-1914
From 1832, when British ships sailed into forbidden Chinese waters, China suffered a century of national humiliation. It is a grand narrative of infamy, in which China's developm...
12 May 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers:
Børge OUSLAND
Felix TSCHUDI
Topic: "The new Northern Sea Route: the answer to piracy?"
A journey from Europe to China via the new Northeast Passage is about 40% shorter than the route via the Suez Canal. This provides a huge potential for minimizing the risk of piracy and for cost reduc...
5 May 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Leo GOODSTADT
Topic: How safe are the world’s banks?
After the worst losses in history, the world’s leading banks have bounced back with generous help from the taxpayer. Despite widespread public anger at the mismanagement and misconduct that led to the global financial crisis, none of t...
