Michelle Yeoh, who parleyed ballet training into acting in Hong Kong martial arts films, appeared in 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,' played a Bond Girl, and starred in 'Crazy Rich Asians,' is honored as an Artistic Visionary.
By Aim Sinpeng, Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Department of Government and International Relations & Co-Founder of Sydney Cyber Security Network, University of Sydney
How Australia chooses to engage with the region on social media regulation will test the limits of its global commitment to promoting a free and secure cyberspace.
A screening of the documentary A Tongue Untied - The Story of Dakhani, written and directed by Gautam Pemmaraju. A film about humour and satire in Dakhani - a vernacular form of Urdu spoken across the Deccan region.
Melissa Guzy – Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Arbor Ventures – joined Asia Society Switzerland on October 15 and introduced the Asian FinTech scene to an interested audience. In this interview, she gives her personal view on changing working environments in Asia, how the FinTech scene changes the whole financial sector, and why women in leading positions are better represented in Asia than in the U.S. and Europe.
Fintech is changing and redesigning financial markets and our everyday monetary behaviour – and nowhere more so than in Asia. Investor Melissa Guzy explained, shared, and spread her knowledge on the topic.
Among the many regional organizations in Asia one in particular has made headlines lately: the «free and open Indo-Pacific». Former Swiss Ambassador to India, Philippe Welti, and former Swiss Ambassador to Australia, Daniel Woker, have talked with U.S.-citizen and long-time Japan-resident Jeffrey Bohn, head of the Swiss Re Institute, about what the concept means.
