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...
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...
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...
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 demol...
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...
