Apr 9, 2017
Bio: Ian Johnson is a Pulitzer-Prize winning writer focusing on society, religion, and history. He currently writes for the The New York Times, The New York Review of Books and other publications. He is the author of multiple books on China including “Wild Grass”...
Mar 26, 2017
Ernie Bower is chair of the advisory board for Southeast Asia and nonresident senior adviser for the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. In 2004 he founded BowerGroupAsia, a business advisory firm, where he is now president...
Mar 18, 2017
Fan Popo is an independent filmmaker and LGBT activist based in Beijing. He studied screenwriting at the Beijing Film Academy. After his graduation in 2007 he became a leading figure of China’s queer cinema scene. His documentaries on LGBT and gender issues have...
Mar 11, 2017
Dr. Ka-Kin Cheuk is a post-doctoral researcher at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS). Among other things, he specializes in the anthropology of migration and transnationalism, ethnic entrepreneurship and business studies, and immigrants in China....
Feb 25, 2017
John Pomfret is an award-winning journalist who spent two decades as a foreign correspondent for the Washington Post. He was bureau chief in Beijing and a senior diplomatic correspondent in Washington. He is also an author, whose books include Chinese Lessons: Five...
