24 Sep 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Martin JACQUES
Senior Fellow – IDEAS institute, London School of Economics
Columnist – the Guardian
Topic: When China rules the World
Until recently the idea of modernity was synonymous with being western.
There was a widespread belief that there was only one version of modernity, namely...
23 Sep 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Nicole KEMPTON
Author / Washington Director of the Laogai Research Foundation
Topic: Laogai: The Machinery of Repression in China
To coincide with the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China and a new book under the same title as this lunch, Ms. KEMPTON will take an in-depth l...
22 Sep 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Jake VAN DER KAMP
Columnist / Author
Topic: The Twelfth Fairy
FCC treasurer Jake VAN DER KAMP, having walked away last year from his daily financial column in the South China Morning Post, is still regularly perched behind his laptop in the northeast corner of the main bar and still writ...
16 Sep 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Benedict ROGERS
Author and Human Rights Campaigner
East Asia Team Leader at Christian Solidarity Worldwide
Topic: Burma’s crimes against humanity: a test-case for the responsibility to protect
Benedict ROGERS has travelled almost thirty times to Burma and its borderlands. He will give an...
18 Aug 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Dr Philip NITSCHKE (PhD MD)
Director, Exit International
Topic: Euthanasia in Asia: the need for an exit plan
Can the elderly – as well as the seriously ill – be lawfully entitled to a peaceful death at a time of their choosing? Dr. NITSCHKE will share his views on the controversial issu...
23 Jul 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: John GREENWOOD
Chief Economist, Invesco, London
Topic: Emerging from the Canyon:Asian Prospects in 2009-2010
John GREENWOOD will explain why the current recession is different from many of its post-war predecessors, and what this implies for the developed economies, as well as for econom...
20 Jul 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Jonathan LASH
President, World Resources Institute
Topic: Climate Change – U.S. Policy and China
On June 26, 2009 the U.S. House passed a climate bill that would literally change the face of America - its factories, power sources and buildings, landscapes and employment patterns. The bil...
16 Jul 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Edward STOKES
Founder Director, The Photographic Heritage Foundation
Topic: Asia’s historical photographs: publishing the region’s hidden gems
Mr. STOKES’s photo talk will reflect on a three-year journey to create The Photographic Heritage Foundation, and why photographs from the past en...
14 Jul 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Roy JACOBOWITZ
Managing Director, External Affairs
ACCION International
Topic: International microfinance networks in China: can they get it right?
Roy JACOBOWITZ will speak about the current efforts and challenges involved in bringing financial services to China’s poor. Despite a strong...
24 Jun 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Jimmy LAI
Chairman, NEXTmedia
Topic: A Conversation with Jimmy Lai, Chairman, NEXTmedia
Mr. Jimmy LAI, a Director of NEXTmedia since 1999, is currently the Chairman of the Board. He is responsible for formulating and implementing the Group's strategies and policies.
Mr. LAI entered the m...
