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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231103T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231103T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200011
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SUMMARY:FCCC IN-person Event: Chinese Economy Policy in 2023 by Barry Naughton
DESCRIPTION: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 them to emphasize the creation of a ‘Modernized Industrial System.’  This emphasis—along with the on-going housing recession and potential financial risks—is likely to weigh on Chinese growth prospects for the foreseeable future.\n \nAbout our speaker: Barry Naughton is one of the world’s leading experts on the Chinese economy. He specializes in China’s transitional economic policy-making\, with an emphasis on issues relating to industry\, trade and finance. His authoritative textbook “The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth”\, has been for years a reference for students at universities around the world\, including China. Naughton is the So Kwan Lok Chair of Chinese International Affairs at the School of Global Policy and Strategy\, University of California\, San Diego.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-in-person-event-chinese-economy-policy-in-2023-by-barry-naughton/
LOCATION:Dutch Embassy\, Beijing\, China
CATEGORIES:Events,In-person Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231102T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231102T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200011
CREATED:20231023T113722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231030T045528Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC In-person Event: Uli Sigg: Swiss Art Collector\, Former Diplomat and Businessman 
DESCRIPTION: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 Dong and dissident artist Ai Weiwei.\nJoin us for an in-person talk with Uli Sigg for an evening of discussion on how he turned from businessman to art collector\, how the crackdown on free speech in Hong Kong affects the art scene\, and what the future of Chinese contemporary art looks like. \nSeats for this event are limited so please register in advance. The talk and Q&A will be off the record\, but you will have the opportunity to connect with Uli Sigg at a small apero at the Embassy \nAbout the speaker: Born in Lucerne\, Switzerland in 1946\, the lawyer and entrepreneur Uli Sigg implemented the first joint venture of a Western corporation in China for Schindler in 1980. Later he was Swiss ambassador in Beijing. Uli Sigg amassed the most important collection of contemporary Chinese art. In 2012\, he donated a large part of his collection to Hong Kong’s M+. The museum\, designed by star architects Herzog & de Meron\, finally opened in November 2021 after four years of delay.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-in-person-event-uli-sigg-swiss-art-collector-former-diplomat-and-businessman/
LOCATION:Embassy of Switzerland\, Sanlitun Dongwujie 3\, Beijing\, Beijing\, 100600
CATEGORIES:Events,In-person Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231101T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231101T100000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200011
CREATED:20231024T115840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T023253Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: What’s Next for US-China Relations? by Jude Blanchette
DESCRIPTION: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 Beijing. \nJude was formerly with the Conference Board in Beijing\, where he researched China’s political environment with a focus on the workings of the Communist Party of China and its impact on foreign companies and investors\,  and prior to that at UCSD’s 21st Century China Center. Jude is widely published and many of you will have listened\, read or spoken to him on China in recent years. He has an M.A. in modern Chinese studies from Oxford\, and a B.A. in economics from Loyola University\, Maryland.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-whats-next-for-us-china-relations-by-jude-blanchette/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231030T080000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240115T233000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200011
CREATED:20231030T085231Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241025T085803Z
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SUMMARY:Renewal Season 2024
DESCRIPTION: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.  \nThrough the adversity we all face\, we have continued to provide support and guidance\, to share knowledge and to raise awareness of the difficult working conditions our community faces. We held speaker events (and happily some even in person again)\, a fabulous summer party and other social gatherings and regularly spoken up on media freedoms issues in China. \nWe would like to thank you for support in 2023 and to ask you to renew your support for our community in 2024. Your FCCC membership ends on December 31st\, which means now is the time to renew. Unfortunately\, there is every reason to believe that the coming year will also be challenging and the Club’s activities remain as important as ever – your Club needs you!  \nTo renew please write an email to fcccadmin@gmail.com
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/renewal-season-2024/
CATEGORIES:Renewal Season
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231025T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231025T203000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200011
CREATED:20231002T041923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231002T061830Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: China’s Underground Historians and Their Battle for the Future
DESCRIPTION: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 Communist Party builds on these ideas to whitewash its misdeeds and glorify its rule. Join us for a talk with Ian Johnson on his new book\, Sparks: China’s Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future\, where he describes how some of China’s best-known writers\, filmmakers\, and artists have overcome crackdowns and censorship to forge a nationwide movement that challenges the Communist Party on its most hallowed ground: its control of history.\nAbout our speaker:\nIan Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer\, researcher\, and senior fellow for China studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Johnson has lived in China for more than 20 years and has been following the country since first going there as a student in Beijing from 1984 to 1985. He worked as a newspaper correspondent in China from 1994 to 1996 with Baltimore’s The Sun\, and from 1997 to 2001 with The Wall Street Journal. In 2009\, Johnson returned to China\, living there until 2020 when he was expelled as part of worsening tensions between China and the United States.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-chinas-underground-historians-and-their-battle-for-the-future/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231017T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231017T113000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200011
CREATED:20231010T041932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231016T021413Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online event: Belt and Road: Where are we 10 years on? by Christoph Nedopil
DESCRIPTION: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.  \nAbout the speaker: Christoph Nedopil is the director of the Griffith Asia Institute and a Professor at Griffith University. He is also Visiting Professor and the Acting Director of the Green Finance & Development Center at Fanhai International School of Finance at Fudan University in Shanghai\, as well as a Visiting Faculty at Singapore Management University. Previously\, he was the Founding Director of the Green Belt and Road Initiative Center and a faculty at Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-event-belt-and-road-where-are-we-10-years-on-by-christoph-nedopil/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231006T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231006T173000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200011
CREATED:20231002T062940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231002T062940Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Event: Italy’s exit from the BRI by Alessia A. Amighini
DESCRIPTION: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 its BRI membership to have sufficiently benefitted its economy and wants to exit BRI. This talk is the best preparation for all journalists who have to cover the BRI summit in mid-October. We will talk with Italian economist Alessia A. Amighini about what Italy hoped to gain from joining BRI\, why the government no longer wants to be a part of it today and what an Italian exit means for BRI. \nAbout our speaker: Alessia A. Amighini is Co-Head of the Asia Centre and a Senior Associate Research Fellow at the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI)\, Italy’s oldest think tank. Furthermore she is a non-resident fellow at Brussels-based economic think tank Bruegel and an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Piemonte Orientale.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-event-italys-exit-from-the-bri-by-alessia-a-amighini/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230923T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230923T200000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200011
CREATED:20230821T085100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230921T034200Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC 2023 SUMMER PARTY
DESCRIPTION: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.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEarly bird tickets available until September 10th\nFCCC Members: 230\nFCCC Guest: 280\nYouth: 150\nKids: free
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-2023-summer-party/
LOCATION:Embassy of Poland\, 1 Ritan Rd\, Beijing\, Chaoyang Park\, 100005\, China
CATEGORIES:Events,Summer Party
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ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230922T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230922T113000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20230919T110312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230921T034243Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Event: Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology
DESCRIPTION: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 Bradford on her new book\, Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology\, where she explores a rivalry that will shape the world in the decades to come. \nAbout our speaker:\nAnu Bradford is Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organizations at Columbia Law School. She is also a director for Columbia’s European Legal Studies Center and a Senior Scholar at Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business at Columbia Business School. She is an expert on international trade law\, European Union law\, digital regulation\, and comparative and international antitrust law. Bradford is the author of “The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World”\, which was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Foreign Affairs.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-event-digital-empires-the-global-battle-to-regulate-technology/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230705T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230705T113000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20230619T080025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230620T041258Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC In-person Talk: "Empires of Ideas: the Future of Universities in China and in Hong Kong"
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAbout the speaker: Professor William Kirby\, is the Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies at Harvard University. He is a University Distinguished Service Professor. Professor Kirby serves as Chairman of the Harvard China Fund\, the University’s academic venture fund for China\, and Faculty Chair of the Harvard Center Shanghai\, Harvard’s first University-wide center located outside the United States. \n 
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-in-person-talk-empires-of-ideas-the-future-of-universities-in-china-and-in-hong-kong/
LOCATION:Embassy near Sanlitun\, Beijing\, China
CATEGORIES:Events,In-person Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230629T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230629T173000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20230619T080138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230621T004100Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC In-person Talk: Hunting a Chinese phantom: The world’s most dangerous arms dealer
DESCRIPTION:FCCC member Christoph Giesen together with three co-authors recently published a\nthrilling book about Chinese citizen Li Fangwei alias Karl Lee. Born in a small town in\nHeilongjiang Li is allegedly the world’s most dangerous arms dealer\, selling components and\ndual use equipment to Iran among other countries. Christoph and the co-authors wrote a\nfascinating story about Li’s global network and how he\, through constant changes in his\ncompany structure\, manages to fool law enforcement authorities. During the talk Christoph\nand one of the co-authors who will join online will talk about how they followed Li’s traces\naround the world. \nAbout our speaker: Christoph Giesen is German News magazine Der Spiegel’s China\nCorrespondent since 2022. Prior to that he worked for the German daily Süddeutsche\nZeitung (SZ) as correspondent in Beijing. From 2012 until 2016 Christoph was part of the\neconomics department in SZ’s headquarter in Munich. He was part of a team of investigative\njournalists who published the Panama Papers\, Lux-Leaks\, Swiss Leaks and Offshore Leaks.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-in-person-talk-hunting-a-chinese-phantom-the-worlds-most-dangerous-arms-dealer/
LOCATION:Embassy near Sanlitun\, Beijing\, China
CATEGORIES:Events,In-person Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230623T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230623T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20230607T104600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230609T083741Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC In-person Event: Shifting balances between China and Russia: Implication for the EU and NATO
DESCRIPTION:The Danish Embassy in Beijing invites you to attend a roundtable discussion with the Royal Danish Defence College\, followed by light snacks and drinks. \nDr. 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 tension between China and the U.S. focusing on the potential implications for the EU and NATO. They will further offer their analysis of ongoing developments in relations between China and the EU as well as China and NATO discussing challenges and risks. \nWe invite all participants to join the roundtable and share their experiences working in China and their view of China’s economic\, political and military developments in recent years. \nAbout the Speakers: Dr. Camilla T. N. Sørensen is Associate Professor at the Institute for Strategy and War Studies at the Royal Danish Defence College conducting research and teaching within international security and military strategy with a specific focus on China\, East Asia and the Arctic. She has previously held positions at the Department of Political Science\, Copenhagen University\, and has been affiliated as a visiting researcher (2010-2014) at the School of International Studies\, Peking University. Dr. Niels Bo Poulsen is Director at the Institute for Strategy and War Studies at the Royal Danish Defence College conducting research and teaching within military history and military strategy with a special focus on Russia and the former USSR. He has previously held positions at the Department of Eastern European Studies\, Copenhagen University\, and at the Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-in-person-event-shifting-balances-between-china-and-russia-implication-for-the-eu-and-nato/
LOCATION:Danish Embassy\, Beijing\, Beijing
CATEGORIES:Events,In-person Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230614T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230614T153000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20230609T055052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230609T065850Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Event: New FCC China cybersecurity guide
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe FCCC has put together a presentation which aims to teach you how to mitigate those threats as much as possible\, and keep your data safe\, updating our previous guide from 2017. This is now available on our website\, click here or go to Members Area > Reporters Guide > Cyber Security Support for China Correspondents. \nPlease join us at 2pm on June 14 for an online discussion of the new guide\, to go through it and share feedback and best practices. This discussion is limited to correspondents only for security reasons.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-event-new-fcc-china-cybersecurity-guide/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230601T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230601T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20230529T022829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230529T102632Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC In-person Talk: How should we interpret China’s newly updated Counterespionage Law?
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAbout the Speaker: Jeremy is a Senior Research Scholar in Law and Senior Fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center. His principal research focus is criminal procedure law\, with a particular emphasis on the protection of vulnerable populations such as juveniles and the mentally ill in the criminal justice system. Jeremy also founded and coordinates China Law Translate\, the crowdsourced project\, that hosts translation and commentary on key pieces of Chinese legislation and regulation.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-in-person-talk-how-should-we-interpret-chinas-newly-updated-counterespionage-law/
LOCATION:Embassy near Ritan Park\, Beijing\, Chaoyang\, China
CATEGORIES:Events,In-person Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230524T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230524T200000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20230424T103615Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230424T103615Z
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SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting 2023
DESCRIPTION: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! \nFor correspondent members who wish to participate virtually the meeting will also be streamed online via Google Meet. \nPlease RSVP to attend in-person\, online\, or request an absentee ballot below to receive event details.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/annual-general-meeting-2023/
LOCATION:Embassy near Sanlitun\, Beijing\, China
CATEGORIES:AGM,Events
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230522T173000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230522T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20230505T091218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230522T030954Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC In-person Event: Looking back on three decades of doing business in China by Jörg Wuttke
DESCRIPTION: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 the pandemic Jörg became one of the fiercest critics of the Zero-Covid policy. And his words rarely fell on deaf ears with the Chinese authorities. Government officials would listen to him and always treated him with respect. In his position Jörg also became an important mediator between the European business community in China and EU institutions in Brussels. After three stints as President of the EUCCC Jörg will step down on May 24th. After three decades of living and working in China he will leave the country in 2024. \nDuring the talk Jörg will look back on highs as well as on lows during his stay in China and will give his personal outlook for the economy of China\, where business for foreign companies has seldom been as difficult as it is today. \nAbout the speaker: Jörg Wuttke is President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China\, an office he has held already from 2007 to 2010\, and 2014 to 2017 and again since May 2019. From 2001 to 2004 Mr. Wuttke was the Chairman of the German Chamber of Commerce in China. Since its establishment in 2013\, Mr. Wuttke is member of the Advisory Board of Germany’s foremost Think Tank on China\, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)\, in Berlin. He lived in China for more than 30 years.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-in-person-event-looking-back-on-three-decades-of-doing-business-in-china-by-jorg-wuttke/
LOCATION:Germany Embassy in Beijing\, 17 Dongzhimen Outer Street/东直门外大街17号\, Beijing\, beijing\, 100027\, China
CATEGORIES:Events,In-person Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230517T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230517T163000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20230505T090859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230508T082022Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: How Chinese Citizens Currently View the World and its Implications for Global Actors by Reza Hasmath
DESCRIPTION:This talk provides a candid account of how the Chinese citizenry currently thinks about other nations\, and their relationship with China. It draws upon findings from the first iteration of the Chinese Citizens’ Global Perception Survey (CCGPS) conducted by the speaker in the first quarter of 2023. CCGPS 2023 is a national\, representative survey looking at mainland Chinese citizens’ perspectives on China’s current relations with global actors\, including\, Australia\, Canada\, EU\, France\, Germany\, India\, Japan\, Russia\, UK and USA. The talk will focus on discussing the major findings\, and potential policy implications\, pertaining to Chinese citizens’ (1) general global perception (e.g. trust in global partners\, perceived importance of global relationships\, likelihood of future military conflict); (2) views on China’s global roles and engagement (e.g. economic cooperation\, technological/research partnerships); (3) preferences for foreign tourism\, study\, work and emigration; and\, (4) knowledge of global jurisdictions\, and sources of information about global affairs. Suffice it to say\, how Chinese citizens perceive the world will have profound implications for China’s future domestic and international behaviour\, as well as for the global actors that intimately engage with China. \nAbout the Speaker: Reza Hasmath (Ph.D.\, Cambridge) is a Full Professor in Political Science at the University of Alberta. He has previously held faculty positions at the Universities of Toronto\, Melbourne and Oxford\, and has worked for think-tanks\, consultancies\, development agencies\, and NGOs in USA\, Canada\, Australia\, UK and China. His award-winning research examines how the behaviour of emerging Chinese state and non-state actors potentially affect salient theories\, practices and assumptions in international affairs.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-how-chinese-citizens-currently-view-the-world-and-its-implications-for-global-actors-by-reza-hasmath/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230503T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230503T173000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20230424T041858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230501T235334Z
UID:15400-1683129600-1683135000@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC In-person Talk: Andrew Batson\, China Research Director at Gavekal Dragonomics China’s economy after Covid: On the road to recovery?
DESCRIPTION: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 and production are still relatively weak and youth unemployment climbed to 19\,6 % in March\, which is an indicator of a still struggling private sector. Private enterprises account for roughly 80 % of urban employment. \nAndrew Batson will give us a deeper insight into China’s political economy and help us understand the dynamics of the Chinese economy in 2023. \nAbout the speaker: Andrew Batson is China Research Director at Gavekal Dragonomics. Andrew has worked extensively on the Chinese economy. Before joining Gavekal Dragonomics he worked as a reporter in Beijing and once served on the board of the FCCC.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-in-person-talk-andrew-batson-china-research-director-at-gavekal-dragonomics-chinas-economy-after-covid-on-the-road-to-recovery/
LOCATION:Embassy of Australia\, Dongzhimenwai Street\, Beijing\, China
CATEGORIES:Events,In-person Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230427T183000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230427T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20230419T092058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230424T045327Z
UID:15382-1682620200-1682636400@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Happy Hour
DESCRIPTION:This Thursday we have club drinks at Confidential Bar from 1830. As always all colleagues and friends welcome. If you haven’t come before (or been for a while) then please do join. Look forward to seeing you all there!
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-happy-hour-9/
LOCATION:Confidential Bar\, 朝阳区苹果社区二十二院街艺术区32号院\, Beijing\, Beijing\, 100027\, China
CATEGORIES:Events,Happy Hour
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ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230426T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230426T110000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20230419T081501Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230419T091635Z
UID:15379-1682503200-1682506800@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC online Talk: Mike Chinoy on the trials and tribulations of foreign correspondents in China\, 1945-2022
DESCRIPTION:Reporting on China has long been one of the most challenging and crucial of journalistic assignments. Foreign correspondents have confronted war\, revolution\, isolation\, internal upheaval\, and onerous government restrictions as well as barriers of language\, culture\, and politics. \nMike Chinoy’s new book\, “Assignment China: An Oral History of American Journalists in the People’s Republic\,” tells the story of how foreign reporters (not only Americans\, despite the title) have covered China—from the civil war of the 1940s through the COVID-19 pandemic—in their own words. This includes testimony from many legendary correspondents and members of the Foreign Correspondent’s Club of China\, including some still active today. \nCovering over seven decades\, Chinoy’s book offers remarkable insights into how journalism has been and is done in China\, as well as the “near constant struggle” faced by correspondents to “test the boundaries\, challenge the restrictions on coverage at the heart of the com- munist system\, and explore parts of Chinese society that had long been off- limits. All the while\, the Communist Party sought to discourage or prevent them from doing so.” \n*About our speaker:* Mike Chinoy spent twenty-four years as a foreign correspondent for CNN\, serving as the network’s first Beijing bureau chief and senior Asia correspondent. He is the author of multiple books on China and North Korea\, as well as a biography of human rights lawyer and activist Kevin Boyle.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-mike-chinoy-on-the-trials-and-tribulations-of-foreign-correspondents-in-china-1945-2022/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230418T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230418T163000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20230410T115159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230419T091713Z
UID:15313-1681830000-1681835400@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Online Event. After von der Leyen\, Macron and Baerbock: exactly where are EU-China relations?
DESCRIPTION:Traffic on the Airport Expressway in Beijing has been worse than usual recently\, as a procession of foreign dignitaries have visited the capital\, including the Spanish and French premiers\, as well as the President of the European Commission. Join Merics (Mercator Institute for China Studies) analysts Francesca Ghiretti and Greg Stec as they discuss what can be drawn from these visits on the current state of the various relationships that exist between the EU and China and potential future directions for those relationships. Both Ghiretti and Stec are based in Merics’ Brussels office where they focus on EU-China relations. \n 
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-event-merics/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230412T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230412T163000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20230403T005302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230412T060204Z
UID:15261-1681311600-1681317000@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: The transatlantic view of China by Agatha Kratz
DESCRIPTION:Agatha will provide her view on the current state of EU-China relations\, potential for transatlantic alignment on China issues\, and evolutions in European business appetite in the China market. \nAbout the Speaker: Agatha Kratz is a Director at Rhodium Group. She heads Rhodium’s China corporate advisory team\, as well as Rhodium’s research on European Union-China relations and China’s economic statecraft. She also contributes to Rhodium work on China’s global investment\, industrial policy and technology aspirations.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-the-transatlantic-view-of-china-by-agatha-kratz/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230405T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230405T103000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20230331T152017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230402T035245Z
UID:15237-1680685200-1680690600@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: Deny\, Deflect\, Deter: Countering China's Economic Coercion
DESCRIPTION:Matt Reynolds\, a fellow in the Economics Program of the Center for Strategic & International Studies\, and Matthew Goodman\, a Senior Vice President at the Center\, recently co-authored a paper on the ways in which China attempts to exert influence through economic coercion. Hear about their analysis of eight recent cases from Japan\, Norway\, the Philippines\, Mongolia\, South Korea\, Australia\, Canada\, and Lithuania and learn about why it is that they believe that a common characteristic across all of these cases is that they were not successful in achieving China’s aims. \nListen to the counterstrategy Matthew and Matt recommend based around pre-emptive policies that would Deny China leverage and measures that would offer support to victims of economic coercion to Deflect China’s attacks.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-on-csis-report-deny-deflect-deter-countering-chinas-economic-coercion/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230325T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230325T160000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20221114T110103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230324T084635Z
UID:14019-1679747400-1679760000@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Spring Party 2023 (Winter Party 2022 before)
DESCRIPTION:The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China had to postpone its annual Winter Party 2022 due to China’s dramatic exit from zero-Covid in December. The Winter Party 2022 now reincarnates as the Spring Party 2023 and will take place after the Two Sessions wrap up. \nOn March 25 at 12:30 PM\, the FCCC will host a Vietnamese buffet lunch with free flow of soft drinks\, beer and wine at Susu Longfusi\, and invites members and friends to join us. Susu’s entire second floor will be reserved exclusively for us. \nAfterwards\, those who feel like it might want to continue at neighboring Jing A Longfusi. Tickets purchased for the party in December remain valid. For those who haven’t yet secured their spot\, tickets are on sale again. FCCC members can purchase a maximum of TWO tickets.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-winter-party-2022/
LOCATION:SUSU (Longfusi)\, 38 Qianliang Hutong\, Dongcheng\, Beijing\, China
CATEGORIES:Events,Winter Party
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230321T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230321T113000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20230313T024235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230313T031825Z
UID:15073-1679392800-1679398200@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC In-person Event: A talk about the book "The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train\, Stunned the West\, and Broke the Republic of China" by author James Zimmerman
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe crisis — covered extensively in newspapers around the world — lasted for six weeks while the bandits moved the hostages across the Shandong countryside with the Chinese army in pursuit. The 1923 incident that is the subject of the book has implications for today\, including the use of hostage diplomacy for leverage against foreign governments\, the scourge of systemic corruption\, and the challenges of dealing with poverty and the widening economic divide. The same and similar issues that confronted those in power in 1923 continue to bedevil those in power today. \nJames\, has lived and worked in Beijing for over 25 years\, and previously served four terms as the chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-in-person-event-a-talk-about-the-book-the-peking-express-the-bandits-who-stole-a-train-stunned-the-west-and-broke-the-republic-of-china-by-author-james-zimmerman/
CATEGORIES:Events,In-person Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230223T183000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230223T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20230220T033801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230227T051129Z
UID:14960-1677177000-1677193200@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Happy Hour
DESCRIPTION:This Thursday we have club drinks at Jing A CBD from 1830. It was great to see such a good turnout last month. As always all colleagues and friends welcome. If you haven’t come before (or been for a while) then please do join. Look forward to seeing you all there!
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-happy-hour-8/
LOCATION:JingA Kerry Center\, Beijing Kerry Center\, North Tower 1\, Beijing\, China
CATEGORIES:Events,Happy Hour
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230217T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230217T100000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20230130T030151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230130T030151Z
UID:14706-1676624400-1676628000@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: China\, Taiwan\, and Cross-Strait Tensions by Dr. Lin Ying-Yu
DESCRIPTION:China conducted a long series of live-fire military drills after former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan last year. With the current US House Speaker potentially planning another trip to Taiwan this spring\, Dr. Ling examines the Chinese PLA’s current capabilities. How could the PLA project that strength across the Taiwan Strait? How is Taiwan preparing its defense in response? \nAbout our speaker: Dr. Lin Ying-Yu is an assistant professor at Tamkang University in New Taipei\, Taiwan. His research interests include the development of PLA capabilities and cyber security issues. He obtained his PhD from Tamkang University at the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-china-taiwan-and-cross-strait-tensions-by-dr-lin-ying-yu/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230209T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230209T180000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20230130T024604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230130T024604Z
UID:14703-1675962000-1675965600@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: China’s Covid crisis: Is the worst behind us or a second wave imminent? by Benjamin Cowling
DESCRIPTION:After the Chinese government in December dropped all Covid-restrictions the virus spread like wildfire – faster than many experts had predicted. Up to one billion people might have been infected already. Close to one million people might have died from or with Covid. But these are only rough estimates as the government doesn’t release ana reliable figures. Now\, after the first wave has subsided some experts expect a second wave for spring.\nBy Benjamin Cowling \nAbout our speaker: Professor Benjamin Cowling joined the School of Public Health (SPH) at Hong Kong University in 2004. Prior to moving to Hong Kong\, he graduated with a PhD in medical statistics at the University of Warwick (UK) in 2003 and spent a year as a postdoc at Imperial College London (UK). Professor Cowling has been the Head of the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics since 2013.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-chinas-covid-crisis-is-the-worst-behind-us-or-a-second-wave-imminent-by-benjamin-cowling/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230202T183000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230202T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20230130T033131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230130T041857Z
UID:14710-1675362600-1675378800@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Happy Hour
DESCRIPTION:This Thursday we have club drinks at Jing A CBD from 6:30pm. All colleagues and friends are welcome\, with happy hour all night. It’s our first chance to get together after Xmas and CNY so it would be great to see as many people as possible. If you haven’t come to club drinks yet or haven’t been for a while then do come along. Looking forward to raising a glass (or six) to newly acquired antibodies and restriction-free travel in 2023!
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-happy-hour-7/
LOCATION:JingA Kerry Center\, Beijing Kerry Center\, North Tower 1\, Beijing\, China
CATEGORIES:Events,Happy Hour
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230202T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230202T180000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200012
CREATED:20230130T024220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230130T043137Z
UID:14700-1675357200-1675360800@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: The US-China relationship in the Year of the Rabbit by William Klein
DESCRIPTION:US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to make a short\, in-person trip to the PRC in early February – the highest-ranking US government officer to visit Beijing since the start of the global Covid pandemic. Blinken will be building on a slight rapprochman brokered on the sidelines of the G20 meeting last November — but are the prospects of a continued thawing in the bilateral relationship based on hope rather than substantive change? How might China and the US be planning for Blinken’s visit?\n\nAbout the speaker: William Klein is a Consulting Partner in the Berlin office of FGS Global’s Government Affairs\, Policy & Advocacy Division. Prior to joining the firm\, he spent a total of over 20 years in the diplomatic service of the United States\, including serving as  Acting Deputy Chief of Mission and Minister Counsellor for Political Affairs at the US Embassy in Beijing\, head of the Political Section of the American Institute in Taiwan\, and Acting and Deputy Director of the China Desk at the U.S. State Department.  Bill studied Economics at the Freie Universität Berlin and History and Mass Communication at the University of Utah. He is also a non-resident senior associate at the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington\, DC\, and a member of the National Committee on United States-China Relations.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-the-us-china-relationship-in-the-year-of-the-rabbit-by-william-klein/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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