On November 15-17 United States President Barack Obama will pay his first-ever visit to China, as part of his maiden presidential visit through the East Asia region. Expectations for the visit are high and the list of issues on the summit agenda are lengthy and complex. The U.S.-China relationship is widely seen as the most [...]

Why has China increased its peacekeeping presence and where? What sort of operations are they doing? How well are they working with the soldiers and police from other parts of the world? What is motivating China’s more active peacekeeping role? These are some of the questions which will be answered at our next FCCC speaker [...]

With your well-earned drink in one hand, buy your FCCC Winter Party tickets and renew your FCCC membership with the other! All memberships must be renewed by 15th January 2010, but we need to know by 5pm Thursday 5th Nov if you’re renewing at Happy Hour. We’re also checking we have up-to-date information for all [...]

Start December with a splash of scarlet spirit at the FCCC Winter Party! WEAR RED! As much or as little as you like When: Saturday 12th December, 8pm start What: Beer, wine, seasonal cocktails, soft drinks, our resident DJ spinning great tunes, plenty of merriment and revelry, the ever popular annual FCCC video, witty musings [...]

**This event is fully subscribed and we are accepting no more registrations.** A new note of triumph has entered China’s national discourse, as the nation appears to have weathered the financial crisis well and achieved impressive economic success without the Communist Party ever giving up one-party rule. But what is actually going on in China [...]