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 […]
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 […]
Thank you for being a member of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China in 2023. We very much appreciate your support and we hope your FCCC-membership has been valuable to you both socially and professionally. Through the adversity we all face, we have continued to provide support and guidance, to share knowledge and to raise […]
A talk by Jude Blanchette, who holds the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The talk will focus on: the upcoming Xi-Biden meeting at APEC, Taiwan relations, and then the upcoming US presidential election season and what it means for short- and near-term calculations for Washington and […]
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 […]
