13 Oct 2009
2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
On the Tibetan Plateau, mighty glaciers melt into thin air, silently portending Asia's next environmental catastrophe.
13 Oct 2009
8:15 - 10 a.m.
An Off-the-Record Presentation by CLARK T. RANDT JR., Former U.S. Ambassador to China "The relationship between the United States and China will shape the 21st century.
07 Oct 2009
4 - 5:30 p.m.
At the heart of Amitav Ghosh's newest novel, Sea of Poppies, is a vast ship, the Ibis.
07 Oct 2009
2:30 - 4 p.m.
An Evening Presentation by HUANG RUI, Artist (Wait List Only)
05 Oct 2009
1:30 - 4 p.m.
What are the prospects for democratic reform in China? Some experts believe that thirty years of successful economic reforms, bringing unprecedented prosperity and giving rise to a new middle class.
01 Oct 2009
12 - 5 p.m.
As the global financial crisis ebbs, company and policy leaders around the world are seeking to understand what will be the pattern of growth once the world economy recovers.
30 Sep 2009
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Patrick Radden Keefe will talk about his acclaimed new book, The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream.
30 Sep 2009
2 - 5 p.m.
Stephen Roach's just-published book The Next Asia (John Wiley & Sons, publication date September 29, 2009) is a timely assessment of the region's potential to provide a new source of growth for a post-crisis global economy.
29 Sep 2009
2 - 4 p.m.
What is it about Chinatown? Is it the sea of faces? The dizzying bustle, the cacophony of tongues, the pull of the unfamiliar?
25 Sep 2009
4 - 6 p.m.
From his upbringing as a little shepherd in a Tibetan family in Gansu Province, northwest China to becoming a prot??g?? of William Forsythe.