VENUE: The Bookworm
DATE: today, Friday, Feb 3
TIME: 6:30-10:30pm
ENTRANCE: Free. Non-members very welcome as always.
DIZZY DRINKS DISCOUNT: for FCCC members on Carlsberg and Yanjing draught beer; bottled Tsing Tao, house wine and mixed drinks.
This event is for members only.
China’s cities have been subject to thirty years of Soviet-style modernization, followed by thirty years of American style modernization. From an architectural point of view, it may be the worst of two worlds. Yet Chinese cities are increasingly affirming their own underlying “spirit”.
Join a talk with Professor Daniel A. Bell who will draw on the findings of his new book (co-written with Professor Avner de-Shalit), The Spirit of Cities: Why the Identity of a City Matters in a Global Age (Princeton University Press) to discuss the social and political implications of China’s changing urban landscape.
Professor Bell’s book looks at nine cities – Jerusalem, Montreal, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Oxford, Berlin, Paris and New York – and shows how the ethos of each is expressed in its political, cultural and economic life, and how the character of each city works against the excesses of nationalism on the one hand, and the sameness of globalization on the other.
DATE: Jan 18 (Wednesday)
TIME: 10-11:30am
VENUE: Canadian Embassy, 19 Dongzhimenwai Dajie, Chao Yang District, Gate 3, on the North side of the main complex
ENTRANCE: FCCC members only. Please bring a photo ID.
RESERVATION: at fcccadmin@gmail.com
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Daniel A. Bell is the Zhiyuan Chair Professor of Arts and Humanities at Shanghai Jiaotong University and professor of political theory and director of the Center for International and Comparative Political Philosophy at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Happy New Year!
Look out 2012 – The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China is Ready! So why not prepare to breathe some fire into the forthcoming year of the dragon by joining fellow FCCC-types and their friends for the first Happy Hour of 2012 at the Bookworm*?
Enlightened Zhongguo tong discourse will be as free-flowing as the Yangze and so will the discounted beers and wine for those members in possession of their new FCCC membership cards.
See you there!
元旦节快乐! 这个星期五晚上是FCCC的快乐时光。 欢迎参加！
*VENUE: The Bookworm
DATE: Friday, Jan 6
TIME: 6:30-10:30pm
ENTRANCE: Free. Non-members very welcome as always.
DIZZY DRINKS DISCOUNT: for FCCC members on Carlsberg and Yanjing draught beer; bottled Tsing Tao, house wine and mixed drinks.
The divisions of Cold War area studies are collapsing: rather than the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, Central Asia, and so on, we will have an organic continuum of competition, trade, and conflict encompassed by the Greater Indian Ocean world. China and India compete for rights to natural gas fields in Iran and Burma, even as energy pipelines crisscross Eurasia, with China as a prime destination. As European defense budgets decline, the countries of South and East Asia are building great navies and air forces. China, Vietnam, and other countries compete for control of the energy rich South China Sea, even as Middle Eastern countries face severe crises of central authority. Join one of America’s most prominent strategists as he discusses the new center of geopolitics.
DATE: Dec 15, 2011 (Thursday)
TIME: 4-5:30pm
VENUE: Royal Norwegian Embassy – 1, Dong Yi Jie, Sanlitun 100600 Beijing (enter from 3rd ring road South direction) – 挪威使馆，朝阳区三里屯东一街1号 – phone: +86 10 8531 9600
ENTRANCE: free to FCCC members, 80 rmb at the door to non-members
REGISTRATION: email fcccadmin@gmail.com
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Robert D. Kaplan is a senior fellow at the Center for New America Security and a foreign correspondent for The Atlantic; he is the author of 13 books on foreign affairs, most recently Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and The Future of American Power.
Australia’s recently retired Ambassador to China Geoff Raby talks about life behind the scenes in Beijing, dealing with the Foreign Ministry and tough times during his 4 1/2 year tenure which saw the arrest of Rio Tinto executives and a cooling relations with Canberra before vital repairs were made to the relationship. An economist by trade, Dr Raby will also give his view on the future of China’s economy and the role that Australia plays.
DATE: Dec 13 (Tuesday)
TIME: 6-7:30pm
VENUE: CHANGED! FACE Bar, 26 Dongcaoyuan, Gongti Nanlu 工体南路东草园26号, Beijing, China
ENTRANCE: free to FCCC members, 80 RMB at the door for non-members
REGISTRATION: closed
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Geoff Raby is principle of Geoff Raby & Associates and sits on the board of Fortescue Metals Group, the world’s fourth largest iron ore producer. Prior to Ambassador to China, Raby has also held positions as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Australia’s APEC Ambassador.
