In-person Talk

For years, Koryo Group has ferried people into North Korea, working with a variety of North Korean organizations and individuals in tourism, sports, and culture. The reality of working on the ground can be very different than the general assumptions Westerners hold regarding the Hermit Kingdom and its autocratic ruling family, the Kims. Koryo’s general manager walks us […]

As Beijing prepares to become the first city in history to host both a Summer and a Winter Olympics, the eyes of the sporting world—and beyond—will be on China come February 2022. Despite international calls for a boycott due to human rights violations, Beijing is determined to show that it has conquered COVID-19 and can […]

Scott Kennedy Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) A leading authority on Chinese economic policy, Kennedy has been traveling to China for over 30 years. His areas of expertise include industrial policy, technology innovation, business lobbying, U.S.-China commercial relations, and global governance. […]

The Peking Express is an exciting and fast-paced story about China’s great train robbery of 1923 and full of banditry, political intrigue, heroism, and a reflection of the excesses of the Warlord Era in early 20th century China. The crisis — covered extensively in newspapers around the world — lasted for six weeks while the […]

China’s economy grew by 4,5 % during the first quarter of the year, stronger than most analysts had expected. The recovery was mainly driven by private consumption and an expansion of the service sector. But a closer look at the data reveals that a stable recovery of the Chinese economy is far from certain. Investment […]

Jörg Wuttke has been one of the most outspoken voices of the European business community in China. When it came to deficits and shortcomings of the investment climate in China he seldom minced his words. “Level playing field” and “equal treatment of local and foreign companies” became some of his most widely used terms. During […]

Yale Law School’s Jeremy Daum, will be discussing the recent revisions of Counterespionage Law in the broader context of China's evolving national security legislation and its legal system's increasing extraterritorial reach. About the Speaker: Jeremy is a Senior Research Scholar in Law and Senior Fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center. His principal research focus is […]

FCCC member Christoph Giesen together with three co-authors recently published a thrilling book about Chinese citizen Li Fangwei alias Karl Lee. Born in a small town in Heilongjiang Li is allegedly the world’s most dangerous arms dealer, selling components and dual use equipment to Iran among other countries. Christoph and the co-authors wrote a fascinating […]

Professor Kirby will give a talk to Club members based around his new book: Empires of Ideas and focused on ‘The Future of Universities in China and in Hong Kong’. He will also address in detail US-China-HK relations and the political pressures on education and business in this difficult time. About the speaker: Professor William Kirby, is […]

Hong Kong’s M+ has become one of the most popular art museums in Asia. This wouldn't have been possible without Uli Sigg. The Swiss art collector, former diplomat and businessman donated the bulk of his Chinese contemporary art collection to the museum. The M+ Sigg Collection includes among other artists works by Fang Lijun, Song […]

The Chinese economic policymaking process has finally emerged in the last couple of months. While policymaking is more coherent and better coordinated, it still seems torn between conflicting objectives. In particular, policymakers are no longer focused on economic growth.  Rather, the drive to build industrial resilience in the face of American technology challenges has led […]