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Reporting the Coronavirus
Discussion

[WEBCAST] Covering the Coronavirus: Where It All Started

Wednesday 8 Apr 2020
8 - 9 a.m.
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How is the situation on the ground today? How should the Chinese crisis management be assessed? Can other countries learn from China's experience?
Urumqi
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[WEBCAST] Greening the Belt and Road in Central Asia

Thursday 30 Apr 2020
12 - 1 p.m.
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China and its partners express their willingness to make Belt and Road developments mutually beneficial and greener. But how can these promises be fulfilled in Central Asia? Join the webcast with Viktor Novikov, Central Asia expert.
Lagos Nigeria
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[WEBCAST] What Is China Doing in Africa?

Thursday 7 May 2020
12 - 1 p.m.
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Join the webcast with Eric Olander, Co-Founder and Managing Editor of the China Africa Project – a project that explores every aspect of China’s engagement with Africa.
BRI Laos

[WEBCAST] How Does Laos Deal With Chinese Megaprojects?

Wednesday 13 May 2020
5 - 6 p.m.
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Join us for the 'Webcast Current Affairs' with Jessica DiCarlo, who has studied the Lao-China railway to showcase how infrastructures relate to on-the-ground political and social relations in host countries. (Switzerland time UTC + 2)
Huang Yan, Chinese Landscape – Tattoo, No. 7, Dated 1999, C-Print ©the artist, courtesy Fondation INK
Tour

Longing for Nature

Friday 15 May 2020
12 - 1:15 p.m.
Art over Lunch in May
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Japanese whale meat dish
Discussion

[WEBCAST] The Meat that No One Eats. Why Does Japan Continue Whaling?

Wednesday 20 May 2020
12 - 1 p.m.
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Why has Japanese whaling been so controversial during the past three decades? Join the webcast with Dr. Fynn Holm, who has studied traditional and contemporary whaling in Japan’s whaling towns. (Switzerland time UTC + 2)
Where The Wild Ladies Are
Discussion

The Asia Society Book Salon – Where The Wild Ladies Are

Wednesday 24 Jun 2020
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Join our Book Salon, where we each time discuss an Asian book or one with an Asian angle in an informal setting. This time: Matsuda Aoko's 'Where the Wild Ladies Are'
Castle Mauensee
Tour

Castel Mauensee and the Sigg Collection

Friday 26 Jun 2020
6 - 9 p.m.
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.