Please join us as Dr Gerd Liepold, Executive Director of Greenpeace International, speaks on two major issues facing the world today: the economy, and global warming. Dr Liepold argues that the current economic crisis provides an unprecedented opportunity to make investments on clever energy production and use in a way that creates jobs, rebuilds critical infrastructure and lays the foundation for a new energy economy for the world.
DATE: Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
TIME: 10:00 to 11:30 am
LOCATION: Meeting Room on the 2nd Floor, Sunworld Hotel, 88 Dengshikou Street, Dongcheng District (东城区灯市口大街88号 天伦松鹤酒店2层), map attached
ENTRANCE: Free to members, 50 rmb on the door to non-members
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr. Gerd Leipold was appointed Executive Director of Greenpeace International in February 2001. Trained in meteorology and oceanography in his native Germany, he was director and trustee of Greenpeace Germany in the 1980s and coordinated Greenpeace International’s nuclear disarmament campaign in 1987. Between 1993 and 2001, Gerd Leipold was Director of GEM Partners Ltd, a London-based consultancy, where he advised a number of leading NGOs on campaign and organisational development and communication.
Greenpeace is an independent, campaigning organization which uses non-violent, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems, and to force solutions essential to a green and peaceful future.
LOCATION: Sichuan Province, border of the Tibetan Autonomous Region Ganzi at Ershanlang tunnel
TYPE OF INCIDENT: Intimidation, barred from public space
REPORTING TOPIC: Tibetan unrest
REPORTER/ORGANIZATION/NATIONALITY: Marcel Grzanna, Aachener Zeitung, German
DESCRIPTION: When we arrived at the police-checkpoint our passports were confiscated and we were forced to wait more than an hour for 12 county officials who arrived in three cars. One was in a police uniform, eleven were plainclothes. They refused to give their names, and only said they were local representatives of the Public Security Bureau, the propaganda department, and the foreign affairs department. The officials took photos and filmed us. When we opened our car to take out some stuff they even recorded the interior of our car. Then they wanted to search our car for video tapes. We called the Foreign Ministry. The Foreign Ministry officer spoke to a colleague about the legality of a search, and phoned back to tell me the officials were only allowed to search our car for “forbidden or dangerous stuff, but not for videotapes.” The local authorities did not conduct the search. One official told us we were forbidden to travel further due to security reasons. The officials claimed there were snowstorms and a landslide on the other side of the mountain. It was nearly 20 degrees Celsius and we had blue sky. Officials grasped our assistant by the arm and one heavy-armed officer from the special anti-riot squad put his arm around our assistant’s neck and pulled his ear to his mouth. I protested, but I was forced to go away. Our assistant said the policeman recommended we immediately return to Chengdu, which we did. The next day after we checked out of our hotel in Chengdu the hotel called the assistant and accused him of bringing foreigners to their hotel. The hotel said state security had showed up and asked questions about us. Our assistant later said he was scared of bringing inconvenience to his familiy. Meanwhile, the boss of the rental company where we hired our car got a visit from officials at 2 a.m. the same night we were stopped.
DATE: Mar. 20, 2009
LOCATION: Sichuan Province, border of the Tibetan Autonomous Region Ganzi at Ershanlang tunnel
TYPE OF INCIDENT: Intimidation of staff, barred from public space
REPORTING TOPIC: Tibetan unrest
ORGANIZATION/NATIONALITY: Marcel Grzanna, Aachener Zeitung, German
“Officials grasped our assistant by the arm and one heavy-armed officer from the special anti-riot squad put his arm around our assistant’s neck and pulled his ear to his mouth. I protested, but I was forced to go away.”
DESCRIPTION: When we arrived at the police-checkpoint our passports were confiscated and we were forced to wait more than an hour for 12 county officials who arrived in three cars. One was in a police uniform, eleven were plainclothes. They refused to give their names, and only said they were local representatives of the Public Security Bureau, the propaganda department, and the foreign affairs department. The officials took photos and filmed us. When we opened our car to take out some stuff they even recorded the interior of our car. Then they wanted to search our car for video tapes. We called the Foreign Ministry. The Foreign Ministry officer spoke to a colleague about the legality of a search, and phoned back to tell me the officials were only allowed to search our car for “forbidden or dangerous stuff, but not for videotapes.” The local authorities did not conduct the search. One official told us we were forbidden to travel further due to security reasons. The officials claimed there were snowstorms and a landslide on the other side of the mountain. It was nearly 20 degrees Celsius and we had blue sky. Officials grasped our assistant by the arm and one heavy-armed officer from the special anti-riot squad put his arm around our assistant’s neck and pulled his ear to his mouth. I protested, but I was forced to go away. Our assistant said the policeman recommended we immediately return to Chengdu, which we did. The next day after we checked out of our hotel in Chengdu the hotel called the assistant and accused him of bringing foreigners to their hotel. The hotel said state security had showed up and asked questions about us. Our assistant later said he was scared of bringing inconvenience to his familiy. Meanwhile, the boss of the rental company where we hired our car got a visit from officials at 2 a.m. the same night we were stopped.
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China calls for the release of two U.S. journalists seized by North Korean border guards on Thursday. Laura Ling and Euna Lee of San Francisco-based Current TV were detained while they were filming along the Chinese-North Korean border. Their current whereabouts are unknown. The FCCC calls on the government in Pyongyang and all involved parties to secure their prompt release.
We are honored to host Angel Gurría, the Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, during his trip to Beijing to launch new OECD reports on China. Secretary-General Gurría will speak on China, the global economy and the economic crisis.
Accompanying him are the authors of three reports on China — an investment review, rural policy review, and regulatory reform review. They will also be available for questions, as will the OECD’s China economist, Richard Herd.
Time/Date: Friday, March 20 at 1:00 pm
Location: European Union, Delegation of the European Commission to China, 15 Dongzhimenwai St, Sanlitun
欧洲联盟欧洲委员会驻华代表团, 北京市朝阳区三里屯东直门外大街15号
Tel: 8454 8000
Map: http://www.delchn.ec.europa.eu/download/map-of-delegation.jpg
**RSVP is necessary for ALL attendees for security clearance, to book your place and so the OECD can prepare enough copies of reports**
Entrance: Free to members; 50 rmb on the door to non-members. **Bring passports and FCCC membership cards**
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