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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 20 minutes and then takes questions for 20 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.
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...
20 Apr 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Mike ROWSE Former Director-General of Invest HK Topic: Confessions of Hong Kong’s most uncivil civil servant Mr. ROWSE will speak about life inside the civil service, the story of Hong Kong Disneyland, and the true story of Harbour Fest. He was the first Director-General of Invest HK, th...
14 Apr 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Nick DAVIES Author / Freelance Journalist Topic: Flat Earth News: The controversial expose of the truth about our news media Mr. Nick DAVIES, an award - winning journalist, is in Hong Kong as one of the guest speakers of Hong Kong Baptist University’s conference on international news and...
9 Apr 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers: Jake VAN DER KAMP Journalist David WEBB Editor of Webb-site.com Topic: WEBB v Jake: An FCC debate on Hong Kong's controversial extension of the blackout period on share trading by company directors Two of Hong Kong's leading market commentators, David Webb and Jake VAN DER KAMP, will de...
6 Apr 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Kate SAUNDERS International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) Topic: A Great Mountain Burned by Fire: Reflections on new expressions of dissent and the crisis in Tibet March 17, 2009, marks the anniversary of the day of the Dalai Lama’s escape from Tibet 50 years ago. This month is also the first...
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