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 […]
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. Mike Chinoy's new book, "Assignment China: An Oral History of American Journalists in the People's Republic," tells […]
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!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
