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...
15 Jun 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Sir Donald TSANG
Chief Executive of Hong Kong
Topic: A Dialogue with Donald: The Future of the Past
The Chief Executive is going to talk about heritage preservation in Hong Kong.
Sir Donald TSANG has been the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's ...
9 Jun 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Jasper BECKER
Author & Managing Director, Legend Strategic Consultancy
Topic: The City of Heavenly Tranquility
What does the destruction of old Beijing tell us about attitudes to history and China's great cultural legacy? Mr.Jasper BECKER will discuss the efforts to resist the demolition...
8 Jun 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Topic: Media Roundtable: Journalism 2009 and Onwards
Moderator:
Steve Vines
Journalist and Broadcaster
Panelists:
Philip Bowring
Columnist, International Herald Tribune /Former Editor, Far Eastern Economic Review
K.C. Chan
Chief Editor, Hong Kong Economic Journal
Eric Wishart
Asia-Pacific Directo...
4 Jun 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Bao PU
Editor
Topic: Prisoner of the State - The Secret Journal of Premier ZHAO Ziyang
How often can you peek behind the curtains of one of the most secretive governments in the world? Prisoner of the State is the first book to give readers a first person look into the secret inner worki...
1 Jun 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Cardinal Joseph Ze-kiun ZEN S.D.B.
Topic: ‘Though there seemed no hope, he hoped and believed...’ (Romans 4:18)
Cardinal Joseph ZEN will share his thoughts 3 days before the 20th anniversary of Tiananmen Square.
Cardinal ZEN was born in Shanghai on January 13, 1932. In July 1948 he came...
26 May 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Martin MERZ
Topic: Translating Chinese Literature - New stories from China
There are almost a billion readers just across the border, but who outside China has any idea what they read? China's literary world is vibrant and enormous, and major western publishers are clamoring for a piece ...
25 May 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Laurence J. BRAHM
Political Economist / Global Activist
Topic: The Anti-Globalization Breakfast Club: a manifesto for a peaceful revolution
The world as we know it has changed and a new economic order that prioritizes environmental protection, human rights, ethnic and cultural diversity ...
29 Apr 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Nayan CHANDA
Director of Publications, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
Former Editor, the Far Eastern Economic Review
Topic: Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization
Nayan CHANDA follows the exploits of traders, preachers, adventur...
27 Apr 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Ben SIMPFENDORFER
Chief China Economist
Royal Bank of Scotland
Topic: The New Silk Road: how a rising Arab World is turning away from the West and rediscovering China
Ben SIMPFENDORFER will discuss the rise of the Arab world and its strengthening relations with China. He has spent the pa...