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STATE OF ASIA, Asia Society Switzerland’s yearly flagship conference, provides a condensed overview of current and future developments in Asia, and how they affect the world. It will bring together a selection of our most trusted experts.
Exclusive, engaging conversations with leading minds on issues that shape Asia and affect us all. Plus bonus episodes with insights from some of our many events. Listen here, or search for 'State of Asia' in your favorite podcast app.
Series by Asia Society Switzerland with the support of BDO and the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies of the University of Zurich, shedding light on different Asian countries through the eyes of leading local voices.
A selection of Asia Society Switzerland's latest videos available on YouTube – from India's democracy, to Taiwan's digital strategy, or social entrepreneurship in Mongolia.
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[INVITATION ONLY]
Join us for an off-the-record Executive Roundtable conversation with China scholar, author and Executive Director of the Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis Dr. Bates Gill.
[MEMBERS ONLY]
In the Asia Society Switzerland Book Salon, we read and discuss fiction from or about Asia in an informal setting.
This time, we will read and discuss "Chinatown" by Thuận.
[INVITATION ONLY]
Join us for a pre-Oxford Debate Executive Roundtable with our distinguished expert Noah Barkin, who will brief us on Europe's relationship with China. The conversation will be moderated by Markus Herrmann.
In this Oxford Debate we are debating whether Europe should side with the U.S. on China with Noah Barkin, Simona Grano, Philippe Le Corre, and Marina Rudyak.
[ASIA NEXT/GEN A ONLY]
Samuel Emch, SRF correspondent to China and Asia NEXT alumnus, will join us live in Zurich and share his experience as a foreign journalist in China, where he has been based since summer 2022.
Yan Lianke will join us for a reading of "Xin Jing" / "Heart Sutra", his most recently published novel in English about the tension between religious belief and the state in today’s China, and a conversation about his writing.
[INVITATION ONLY]
Join us for an exclusive Art Tour With Uli Sigg at his magnificent home, Castle Mauensee, where a part of his impressive contemporary Chinese art collection is stored.
[INVITATION ONLY]
Join us for this exclusive tour through the exhibition with fashion designer Kazu Huggler and in-house curator Dr. Khanh Trinh, who will share their unique insights and tell us the stories behind selected exhibits.
STATE OF ASIA, Asia Society Switzerland’s yearly flagship conference, provides a condensed overview of current and future developments in Asia, and how they affect the world. It will bring together a selection of our most trusted experts.
