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The End and The Beginning - Season 1

A webcast series on the big shifts we see in the world, and the beginnings they enable.
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Taste Asia in Zurich

Explore the diversity, the colors and the irreplaceable of Asian food and ingredients in Zurich.
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The Coming Tech Topography

Today, it’s clear that digital technology is one of the main areas in which the intensified competition between global powers is playing out. In a series of events, Asia Society Switzerland will explore different aspects of this topic.
Global Reach

Remaining True To Our Mission

On March 20, 2020 in response to the Corona crisis in Switzerland, the Federal Council announced that all events or meetings over 5 people were prohibited. At Asia Society Switzerland we continued to be committed. Find out how right here.
Gen A 2020

Gen A 2020

Asia Society Switzerland sets up this one-year guided program, which will enable the next generation to engage with Asia on eye-level and build a community of young Asia-curious people in Switzerland.
Soliders Patrol
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China's Social Credit System

Transparent citizens, police state, totalitarian rule: China's Social Credit System (SCS) is the talk of the town. We set out to find out what it is all about, in an interview series, in a fact sheet, and in an event: a live taping of a Sinica Podcast.
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The Belt and Road Initiative

All of Asia Society Switzerland's content on China's Belt and Road: videos from the conference, our interview series, and reading recommendations.
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Our Week With Jeong Kwan

Whoever has been to Seoul before knows how hectic South Korea can be. Our week with Jeong Kwan, Korean Buddhist nun and cook, showed us a different side of her home country.
India Election
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India Now!

The world's largest democracy went to the polls in 2019. In a series of events Asia Society Switzerland has been asking: What has changed in India recently? What is about to change? And what needs changing urgently?
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[WEBCAST]: From Optimization to Resilience: Global Supply Chains After Covid-19

14 Jul 2020
12 - 12:45 p.m.
Zurich Time
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Will there be a re-shoring, a burst of deglobalization and re-nationalization of production? Join the webcast with The Rhodium Group’s Agatha Kratz and The Market NZZ’s Mark Dittli.
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[WEBCAST] The End of Emerging Markets?

16 Jul 2020
8:30 - 9 a.m.
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James Crabtree on why emerging markets are facing a difficult future.
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[WEBCAST] The End of Democracy?

23 Jul 2020
5 - 5:30 p.m.
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Bai Tongdong argues that liberal democracy can't solve global problems.
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[WEBCAST] The End of Governments?

30 Jul 2020
5 - 5:30 p.m.
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Maha Aziz argues that individuals, not governments, will shape tomorrow's world.
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[WEBCAST] The End of Enlightenment?

13 Aug 2020
5 - 5:30 p.m.
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Bruno Maçaes thinks the U.S. - and other parts of the world - are leaving reality and truth behind.
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Castel Mauensee and the Sigg Collection

03 Sep 2020
6 - 9 p.m.
[PASSPORT MEMBERS ONLY]
Asia Society Switzerland is delighted to invite Asia Society Passport Members to an exclusive art tour to Castel Mauensee, Uli Sigg’s home, where part of the collection is housed.