The View From Here™

FCCHK2012: John Warham

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:58:09 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with John Warham, a former pilot for Cathay Pacific Airways. Warham talks about his new book, The 49ers, The True Story, about Cathay's firing of 49 pilots in 2001 and who have been fighting the airline for compensation.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2012: Tim Luard

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:25:54 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with journalist and author, Tim Luard, who spoke to the FCC on 9 January 2012 about his new book, Escape From Hong Kong. The book details the story of Admiral Chan Chak and 60 British companions who escaped the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong in WW II. To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2012: Jaspal Bindra

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 16:35:25 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Jaspal Bindra, group executive director and CEO for Asia of Standard Chartered Bank. Bindra spoke to the FCC on 5 January 2012 on the outlook for Asia bankers in the shadow of the euro zone crisis.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2011: Jerome Cohen

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:50:47 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Jerome Cohen, professor of law and co-director of NYU's US-Asia Law Institute and an adjunct senior fellow for Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations. Cohen spoke to the FCC on China and the sea, boundaries, islands, resources and reconnaissance.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2011: Michael Andrew

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:09:33 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Michael Andrew, chairman of KPMG International. Andrew spoke to the FCC on 25 November 2011 on fraud, financial crises and the future of the Big Four.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2011: Franklin Lam

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:20:22 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Franklin Lam, a former managing director at UBS and founder of HK Golden 50 NGO. Lam spoke to the FCC on 14 November 2011 on the opportunities Hong Kong will enjoy for the next five years, but that also may be lost soon after.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2011: Sophie Richardson

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:54:16 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Sophie Richardson, China director of Human Rights Watch. Richardson spoke to the FCC on 10 November 2011 on the problem of China and its "disappearing" its critics.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2011: Andrew Roy

Thu, 3 Nov 2011 18:13:54 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Andrew Roy, the head of news for BBC World News. Roy spoke to the FCC on 3 November 2011 on global news in a 24-hour world.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2011: Hong Kong Elections

Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:12:36 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Prof. Michael DeGolyer of Hong Kong Baptist University and Prof. Sonny Lo Shui Hing of the Hong Kong Institute of Education. They spoke to the FCC on 2 November 2011 on Hong Kong's district council elections.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2011: Chan Koon Chung

Tue, 1 Nov 2011 08:19:47 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with author and former journalist Chan Koon Chung. Chan spoke to the FCC on how China deals with its awkward squad of dissenters and hislatest book, The Fat Years.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2011: Hon. Joe Hockey

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:56:21 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with the Hon. Joe Hockey, member of Parliament in Australia and the shadow treasurer. Hockey spoke to the FCC on 25 Oct 2011 on Australia's engagement in Asia.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
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FCCHK2011: John Hung

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:52:58 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with ex-con and former Hong Kong businessman John Hung. Hung spoke to the FCC on 20 October 2011 on his new book, Master of None, on his career in Hong Kong, his conviction on bribery charges and how Hong Kong has changed.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2011: Hugo Dixon

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:53:00 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Hugo Dixon, editor of the Breakingviews service of Thomson Reuters. Dixon spoke to the FCC on 13 October 2011 on the euro zone debt crisis, how bad is it and what does it mean for Asia. To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2011: China Statistics

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:29:53 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Tom Orlik, the "Heard on the Street" columnist for the Wall Street Journal. Orlik spoke to the FCC on 10 October 2011 on his new book, Understanding China's Economic Indicators.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2011: Chungking Mansions

Wed, 5 Oct 2011 19:41:24 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with author and professor of anthropology, Gordon Mathews, who spoke to the FCC on 4 OCtober 2011 on Chungking Mansions: Ghetto at the Center of the World.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
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FCCHK2011: China Business News

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:19:28 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with a special panel discussion on breaking business news in China. Participants included: Wang Shuo, chief editor, Caixin Media; Adam Najberg, editor for Asia, Wall Street Journal; Matthew Brooker, editor for Asia, Bloomberg News; and Marty Steffens, professor of business journalism at the University of Missouri.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2011: Britain's Global Image

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:08:19 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Sir Vernon Ellis, the chairman of the British Council. Sir Vernon spoke to the FCC on 28 Sept. 2011 on "Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy-Britain's Global Image."
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2011: U.S.-China Relations

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:06:52 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Frank Lavin, chairman of public affairs for Edelman Asia Pacific. Lavin spoke to the FCC on 26 September 2011 on U.S.-China Relations in an era of China ascendance.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2011: Roy Prosterman

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:59:04 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Roy Prosterman, founder and chairman emeritus of Landesa, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and professor emeritus of law at the University of Washington. He spoke to the FCC on 22 September 2011 on the transformation of rural China.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2011: Social Media & The News

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:23:33 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with a special panel discussion on "How Social Networks are Changing the News Business." Participating in the panel are Thomas Crampton of Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific, Phil Chetwynd of AFP and Andrew La Vallee, editor of the Wall Street Journal Online. The panel was held on 19 September 2011.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK 2011: Mark Mobius

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:24:33 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with famed investor Mark Mobius, executive chairman of the Templeton Emerging Markets Group. Mobius spoke to the FCC on 29 Aug 2011 on the outlook for emerging markets.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of Mobius, click here.

FCCHK2011: Chandran Nair

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:22:11 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Chandran Nair, founder and CEO of the Global Institute for Tomorrow. Nair spoke about his new book, Consumptionomics: Asia's Role in Reshaping Capitalism and Saving the Planet.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2011: Mike McConville

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:42:34 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Mike McConville, dean of the faculty of law at Chinese University of Hong Kong. McConville spoke to the FCC on 25 July 2011 on the Chinese judiciary and how it really works. He also discusses his new book, Criminal Justice in China.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of McConville, click here.

FCCHK201: Karl Taro Greenfeld

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:29:57 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Karl Taro Greenfeld, a novelist and journalist. Greenfeld spoke to the FCC on 21 July 2011 on the topic, "Can journalists make good novelists in the internet era?"
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of Greenfeld, click here.

FCCHK2011: Hu Shuli

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:00:17 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Hu Shuli, editor of Caixin Media and the former editor of Caijing Magazine. Hu spoke to the FCC on 11 July 2011 on operating an independent media company in China.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of Hu, click here.

FCCHK2011: Dean Karlan

Sat, 9 Jul 2011 15:34:16 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Dean Karlan, professor of economics at Yale University. Prof. Karlan spoke to the FCC on 5 July 2011 on the topic of anti-poverty programs and are they inevitably toxic. Karlan is also a co-author of the book, More Than Good Intentions.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of Karlan, click here.

FCCHK2011: John Slosar

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:26:09 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with John Slosar, CEO of Cathay Pacific Airways. Slosar spoke to the FCC on 28 June 2011 on the proposed third runway under consideration for Hong Kong.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of Slosar, click here.

FCCHK2011: Thai Elections

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:36:36 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Pavin Chachavalpongpun, a fellow at the Institute of Southeastern Studies in Singapore. He spoke to the FCC on 21 June 2011 on elections in Thailand.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2011: Penang Success Story?

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 12:51:34 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Lim Guan Eng, the chief minister of Penang state in Malaysia. Lim spoke to the FCC on 17 June 2011 on Penang's success in attracting foreign investment.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2011: China Lead Poisoning

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:10:59 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Joseph Amon, director of Human Rights Watch's Health and Human Rights Division. Amon spoke on 15 June on China's lead poisoning public health crisis.
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To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of Amon, click here.
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FCCHK2011: GM in China

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:51:19 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Michael Dunne, author and president of Dunne & Co. Dunne spoke to the FCC on 14 June on General Motors in China, the world's largest car market.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2011: World Bank Report

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:36:40 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Mansoor Dailami, lead author of the World Bank report, Global Development Report 2011. Dailami spoke to the FCC on 9 June 2011 on the report that looks at the rise of emerging economies and what the world economy is likely to look like by the year 2025. To download a PDF of the report, click here.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2011: Tiananmen Mothers

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:32:19 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with a special screening of the video, Portraits of Loss and the Quest for Justice. This film deals with the Tiananmen Mothers, a group of survivors and families of victims of the 1989 Tiananmen massacre in Beijing. The film was produced by Human Rights in China at the request of the group to reach a wider English-speaking audience.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK2011: Bruce Rockowitz

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:36:15 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Bruce Rockowitz, president of Li & Fung (Trading) Ltd., the principal operating subsidiary of Li & Fung Group. Rockowitz spoke to the FCC on 31 May 2011 on labour costs in China and how it will affect the country's role as the world's workshop.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of Rockowitz, click here.

FCCHK2011: M. Brudermueller

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:17:48 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Dr. Martin Brudermueller, the vice chairman of the board of BASF. Brudermueller spoke to the FCC on 24 May 2011 on "Can Asia Improve Energy Efficiency?"
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of Brudermueller, click here.

FCCHK2011: Northern Sea Route

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:36:10 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Norwegian explorer Borge Ousland and Felix Tschudi, chairman and owner of the Tschudi Shipping Company. The two spoke to the FCC on 12 May 2011 on the new Northern Sea Route and its potential to avoid modern-day pirates.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of Ousland and Tschudi, click here.

FCCHK 2011: Hon. Bill English

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:15:39 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with the Honorable Bill English, deputy prime minister of New Zealand. English spoke to the FCC on 26 May 2011 on the economic of the earthquake in Christchurch.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of English, click here.

FCCHK2011: Robert Bickers

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 12:07:29 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Prof. Robert Bickers of the University of Bristol. Bickers spoke to the FCC on 16 May 2011 on his latest book, The Scramble for China: Foreign Devils in the Qing Empire, 1832-1914. To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of Prof. Bickers, click here.

FCCHK2011: Paul Schulte

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:30:15 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Paul Schulte, global head of financial strategy and Asia banks at China Construction Bank Corp. Group. Schulte spoke on 20 April 2011 on the global economic credit cycle.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of Schulte, click here.

FCCHK2011: Allan Chiang

Thu, 9 Jun 2011 09:33:12 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Allan Chiang, the privacy commission for personal data in Hong Kong. Chiang spoke to the FCC on 18 April on the expanded sharing of consumer credit data in Hong Kong.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of Chiang, click here.

FCCHK2011: Larry Lipsher

Wed, 8 Jun 2011 09:21:44 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Larry Lipsher, a longtime FCC member and old China hand as well as a damn fine accountant. Lipsher spoke to the FCC on 13 April 2011 on the IRS and its invasive rules for US expats.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of Lipsher, click here.

FCCHK2011: Vincent Chan

Sun, 5 Jun 2011 16:22:55 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Vincent Chan, head of China research for Credit Suisse. Chan spoke to the FCC on 7 April 2011 on China in 2015, from the gilded age to the progressive era?
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of Chan, click here.

FCCHK2011: Empress Dowager & I

Sun, 5 Jun 2011 10:40:48 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Bao Pu, publisher of Hong Kong New Century Press and Derek Sandhaus, chief editor of Earnshaw Book. The two spoke to the FCC on 6 April 2011 about the new book, Decadence Mandchoue, an autobiographical account of Sir Edmund Backhouse's time at the turn of the 20th century in Peking and the fall of Qing Dynasty. The memoirs have never been published until now because of the sensational accounts of of an intimate relationship with the Empress Dowager and homosexual life in the Manchu court.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of Bao and Sandhaus, click here.

FCCHK2011: Steve Crawshaw

Sat, 4 Jun 2011 19:09:01 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Steve Crawshaw, the international advocacy director for Amnesty International. Crawshaw spoke to the FCC on 21 March 2011 on achieving political change.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of Crawshaw, click here.

FCCHK2011: David Mulford

Sat, 4 Jun 2011 11:29:24 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with David Mulford, vice chairman international for Credit Suisse and the former U.S. ambassador to India. Mulford spoke to the FCC on 23 March on emerging markets in the new global economy.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of Mulford, click here.

FCCHK2011: Regina Ip

Tue, 31 May 2011 20:53:01 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Regina Ip, a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council in 2008 and member o fthe Commission on Strategic Development. Ip spoke to the FCC on 29 March on the role of political parties and their prospect for development in Hong Kong.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.

FCCHK2011: Tony Tyler

Thu, 19 May 2011 09:49:39 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Tony Tyler, the former CEO of Cathay Pacific Airlines and incoming director general of the International Air Transport Association. Tyler spoke to the FCC on 17 March 2011 on his time in Hong Kong and at Cathay.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of Tyler, click here.

FCCHK2011: James Guest

Wed, 18 May 2011 21:38:22 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with James Guest, president and CEO of Consumers Union U.S.A., publisher of the world famous Consumer Reports. Guest spoke to the FCC on 3 May 2011 on “The Fight for Fair Financial Services.”
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of Guest, click here.

FCCHK2011: Richard Jones

Mon, 16 May 2011 10:01:49 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Richard Jones, deputy executive director of the International Energy Agency. Jones spoke to the FCC on 28 April 2011 on clean energy and global progress.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of Jones, click here.

FCCHK2011: Leo Goodstadt

Mon, 16 May 2011 08:36:55 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Leo Goodstadt, the former head of Hong Kong's Central Policy Unit and former deputy editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review. Goodtsadt spoke to the FCC on 5 May on his latest book, How Safe are the World's Banks.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at mcdriskill@gmail.com.
To view the video of Goodstadt, click here.