Long hot summers should never really end - so it’s a good job FCCC members have the club’s annual End of Summer Party to look forward to on Sept. 25. So put on your sun hat and Hawaiian shirt one last time, slap on the tanning oil and bring the kids along to (literally) bounce into Autumn [...]

With growth moderating and the threat of inflation seemingly contained, it appears that efforts by Chinese economic planners to manage asset prices and overheating risks are having their desired effect.  Jing Ulrich, J.P. Morgan’s Chairman of China Equities and Commodities, will examine several aspects of the current economic and policy climate in China: i) which [...]

Although much about China’s foreign policy decision-making remains obscure, it is possible to identify the interest groups vying for a voice in policy formulation and to explore their policy preferences. Linda Jakobson and Dean Knox will discuss a new SIPRI report that reveals a number of emergent trends, chief among them the changing face of [...]

Change is afoot in North Korea. Kim Jong Il just returned from a lightning dash to China, his main ally, presumably in search of material and political support in a time of great uncertainty. The fallout of the Cheonan sinking continues to unfold: The U.S. has just slapped new sanctions on North Korea, and a [...]

Innovation Works was founded one year ago as a business building and investment platform targeting early-stage Internet companies. Its opening received a lot of attention because of its high-profile founder: Kai-Fu Lee, the force behind Microsoft Research China and Google China. It also triggered much debate about whether this type of Silicon Valley style early-stage [...]