Germany Embassy in Beijing
17 Dongzhimen Outer Street/东直门外大街17号, Beijing, beijing, China
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 […]
Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be May 24 at 6:00 PM at an embassy in the Dongzhimen area. This is our most important meeting of the year. We will reflect on the past year and, most importantly, elect our next board. The club needs you to make this important institution work! For correspondent members […]
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 […]
Working as a China correspondent means dealing with a very high threat environment for digital attacks and surveillance. The Chinese government has wide-ranging capabilities, both documented and theorised, and by the nature of your job, you are a high value target. The FCCC has put together a presentation which aims to teach you how to […]
The Danish Embassy in Beijing invites you to attend a roundtable discussion with the Royal Danish Defence College, followed by light snacks and drinks. Dr. Camilla T. N. Sørensen and Dr. Niels Bo Poulsen will provide their assessments of evolving relations between China and Russia in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine and the growing […]
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 […]
The global battle among the three dominant digital powers—the United States, China, and the European Union—is intensifying. All three regimes are racing to regulate tech companies, with each advancing a competing vision for the digital economy while attempting to expand its sphere of influence in the digital world. Join us for a discussion with Professor […]
Embassy of Poland
1 Ritan Rd, Beijing, Chaoyang Park, China
The FCCC 2023 Summer Party will be a family-friendly daytime event in the beautiful embassy garden, with entertainment for kids, delicious food, and free-flow of drinks – and this year, we’ll also have live music! A great opportunity to reconnect with colleagues and friends of the FCCC. Early bird tickets available until September 10th FCCC […]
In 2019, when the Italian government signed a Memorandum of Understanding to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Italy was – and still is – the only member of the G7 to do so. Four years later Italy's Belt and Road romance is coming to an end. The current Italian government does not consider […]
Next week China holds its 3rd Belt and Road Forum, celebrating the initiative’s 10th anniversary. We take this as an opportunity to have a closer look at China's huge infrastructure project together with the economist and former FCCC member Christoph Nedopil. About the speaker: Christoph Nedopil is the director of the Griffith Asia Institute and a […]
The past is a battleground in many countries, but in China it is crucial to political power. In traditional China, dynasties rewrote history to justify their rule by proving that their predecessors were unworthy of holding power. Marxism gave this a modern gloss, describing history as an unstoppable force heading toward Communism’s triumph. The Chinese […]
