The View From Here™

FCCHK2010: Amanda Bennett

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:18:53 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Amanda Bennett, co-chairman of the Pulitzer Prize Board and the executive editor for projects and investigations at Bloomberg. Bennett spoke to the FCC on 18 August 2010 on investigative journalism in a globalized world.
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To view the video of Bennett, click here.

FCCHK2010: Sheila Coronel

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:50:49 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Sheila Coronel, the Toni Stabile Professor of Professional Practice in Investigative Journalism at Columbia University. Prof. Coronel spoke to the FCC on 4 August 2010 on corruption in the Philippines and the new president of the country.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Coronel, click here.

FCCHK2010: Sam Chambers

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:39:10 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with author and journalist Sam Chambers who spoke to the FCC on 3 August 2010 on China's thirst for oil and the global oil supply chain.
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To view the video of Chambers, click here.

FCCHK2010: James Fenton

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:06:59 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with acclaimed poet James Fenton. Fenton spoke to the FCC on 24 July 2010.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
(Note: Some of the soundtrack is low when Fenton speaks due to tech snafu.)

FCCHK2010: Chris Dillon

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:11:20 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Chris Dillon, an author and entrepreneur. Dillon spoke to the FCC on 13 July 2010 on the topic of, "Japanese Real Estate: Bargain or Black Hole?"
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FCCHK2010: Lee Cheuk Yan

Wed, 7 Jul 2010 00:04:36 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Lee Cheuk Yan, a Hong Kong Legislative Council member and general secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions. Lee spoke to the FCC on 29 June 2010 on the topic of "Independent Unionism in China: Mission Impossible?"
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Lee, click here.

FCCHK2010: Pavin Chachavalpongpun

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:51:48 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Pavin Chachavalpongpun, an author and fellow of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore. Chachavalpongpun spoke to the FCC on 23 June 2010 on "When Thaksin Rules the World: Reviewing His Botched Diplomacy."
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Chachavalpongpun, click here.

FCCHK2010: Simon Young

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:13:42 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Simon Young, a barrister and faculty member of the School of Law at Hong Kong University. Young spoke to the FCC on 21 June 2010 on the topic of Electing Hong Kong's Chief Executive in 2012.
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To view the video of Young, click here.

FCCHK2010: Audrey Eu

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:26:49 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Audrey Eu, leader and founder of Hong Kong's Civic Party. Eu spoke to the FCC on 18 June 2010 on the topic of political reform in Hong Kong and her debate the night before with Hong Kong's chief executive, Donald Tsang.
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To view the video of Eu, click here.

FCCHK2010: Robert Sutter

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:46:50 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Robert Sutter, visiting professor of Asian Studies at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Sutter spoke to the FCC on 10 June 2010 on "China's Rise in Asian and World Affairs."
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To view the video of Sutter, click here.

FCCHK2010: Stephen King

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:11:20 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Stephen King, the group chief economist and global head of economics and asset allocation research at HSBC. King spoke to the FCC on 8 June on the topic of "Losing Control: The Emerging Threats to Western Prosperity."
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To view the video of King, click here.

FCCHK2010: Aidan Foster-Carter

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:04:33 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Aidan Foster-Carter, an honorary senior research fellow at Leeds University and a consultant, broadcaster and writer on Korea. Foster-Carter spoke to the FCC on 7 June 2010 on the topic, "South Korea's Transformation: A New Global Power?"
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Foster-Carter, click here.

FCCHK2010: Edward Stokes

Sat, 5 Jun 2010 12:33:13 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Edward Stokes, the founder and director of the Photographic Heritage Foundation of Hong Kong. Stokes spoke to the FCC on 3 June 2010 to launch the foundation's second book, Hong Kong Nature Landscapes.
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To view the video of Stokes, click here.

FCCHK2010: Mark O'Neill

Sat, 5 Jun 2010 10:53:58 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with veteran China correspondent and author Mark O'Neill, who spoke to the FCC on 2 June 2010 about the Tzu Chi Foundation, the largest NGO in the Chinese world.
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To view the video of O'Neill, click here.

FCCHK2010: Jerome Cohen

Wed, 2 Jun 2010 01:05:13 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with another speech by Professor Jerome Cohen, an NYU profressor and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Cohen spoke to the FCC on 1 June on the topic of "How to Improve China's Soft Power - and America's.”
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To view the video of Cohen, click here.

FCCHK2010: Michael Palin

Tue, 1 Jun 2010 21:37:28 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Michael Palin (yes, "that" Michael Palin of Monty Python fame). Palin spoke to the FCC on 28 May 2010 on the topic of "Traveling on Television."
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To view the video of Palin, click here.

FCCHK2010: Kumi Naidoo

Sat, 29 May 2010 19:23:45 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Dr. Kumi Naidoo, the international executive director of Greenpeace. Naidoo spoke to the FCC 25 May 2010 on the topic, "Can China and the BASIC countries save the climate?"
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To view the video of Naidoo, click here.

FCCHK2010: Thintinan Pongsudhirak

Sat, 15 May 2010 10:45:54 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series Thitinan Pongsudhirak, a political scientist at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University and visiting fellow at Stanford University's CDDRL-Humanities Center. Thitinan spoke to the FCC on 13 May 2010 on "Thailand's Withdrawal Symptoms: Democracy and Monarchy in Transition. He also addresses the current turmoil in Thailand.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Thitinan, click here.

FCCHK2010: Johan Bjorksten

Wed, 12 May 2010 19:56:19 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Johan Bjorksten, author and chairman of Eastwei Relations. Bjorksten spoke to the FCC on 10 May 2010 on "Promoting foreign brands in nationalistic China." He discusses his 18 years in China promoting Western brands as part of his PR business.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Bjorksten, click here.

FCCHK2010: Graham Earnshaw

Tue, 4 May 2010 21:18:26 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Graham Earnshaw, author of The Great Walk of China. Earnshaw spoke to the FCC on 3 May 2010 about his trek across the hinterlands of China and his encounters with a people just awakening to China's newfound wealth.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Earnshaw, click here.

FCCHK2010: May Lee

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:23:40 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with May Lee, an author and founder of Lotus Media House in Singapore. Lee spoke to the FCC on 20 April 2010 about her time as an anchor for CNBC and CNN and what it's like to be an Asian and a woman in today's international media world.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Lee, click here.

FCCHK2010: Brian Brown

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:42:46 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Brian Brown, an author and founder of The Shogi Group, who spoke to the FCC on 19 April 2010 on "The New Economy of Equity Trading."
(Please note: Sound is dodgy because Brown spoke away from the mike.)
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To view the video of Brown, click here.

FCCHK2010: Demographic Change and U.S. Politics

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:13:47 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with author and columnist David Frum and Ruy Teixeira, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. They spoke to the FCC on 14 April 2010 on "Demographic Change and the Future of American Politics."
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To view the video of Frum and Teixeira, click here.

FCCHK2010: Larry Lipsher

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:53:47 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series Larry Lipsher, an American CPA who has lived in China since 1990. Lipsher spoke to the FCC on 9 April 2010 on "The Brand New, Far More Invasive U.S. Tax Laws and What Do They Mean For You."
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To view the video of Lipsher, click here.

FCCHK2010: Marc Brody

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:26:29 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Marc Brody, founder and president of Panda Mountain. Brody spoke to the FCC on 8 April 2010 on the topic of Panda conservation in China and the resettlement of villagers after the Sichuan earthquake. To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Brody, click here.

FCCHK2010: John Bolton

Thu, 8 Apr 2010 20:15:45 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Ambassador John Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in the George W. Bush Administration. Bolton spoke to the FCC on 7 April 2010 on "U.S. Foreign Policy in the Obama Administration."
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To view the video of Bolton, click here.

FCCHK2010: Hon. Tim Groser

Thu, 1 Apr 2010 07:20:22 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with the Honorable Tim Groser, the Minister of Trade for New Zealand. Groser spoke to the FCC on 30 March 2010 on "How Nimble New Zealand Beats Protectionism."
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To view the video of Groser, click here.

FCCHK2010: Bill Fisher

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:22:16 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Bill Fisher of EF Education First in China. Fisher talked about "China's Obsessive Love Affair with English" and the online English language school, Englishtown.
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To view the video of Fisher, click here.

FCCHK2010: David Mulford

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:12:36 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Ambassador David Mulford, who spoke to the FCC on 23 March 2010 on "The Global Financial Crisis and the Emerging World." Mulford served as U.S. ambassador to India and is now vice chairman international at Credit Suisse.
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To view the video of Mulford, click here.

FCCHK2010: Nancy Kwan

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:45:03 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Nancy Kwan, who played the title role in The World of Suzie Wong with William Holden. Kwan spoke to the FCC on 20 March 2010 and discussed her famous role as well as her time growing up in Hong Kong and the role of Asians in world film.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Kwan, click here.

FCCHK2010: Bob Pozen

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:04:17 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Bob Pozen, the chairman of MFS Investment Management and a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School. Pozen spoke to the FCC on 18 March 2010 and discusses "The Global Aftermath of the Financial Crisis." Pozen is also the author of the acclaimed book, Too Big to Save? How to Fix the Financial System.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Pozen, click here.

FCCHK2010: Garry Marchant

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:37:26 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Garry Marchant, author and travel writer. Marchant spoke to the FCC on 18 March 2010 on the topic, "The World's Second-Oldest Profession: Travel Writing," and he discusses his latest book, The Peace Correspondent.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Marchant, click here.

FCCHK2010: Ramachandra Guha

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:52:52 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Ramachandra Guha, noted author and professor and one of the 100 most influential public intellectuals, according to Foreign Policy. Guha spoke to the FCC on 11 March 2010 on "Why India Must Not and Will Not Become a Super Power."
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Guha, click here.

FCCHK2010: Christine Loh

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 23:18:19 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Christine Loh, CEO of the Civic Exchange think-tank in Hong Kong. Loh spoke to the FCC on 1 March 2010 on her new publication,
Underground Front: The Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Loh, click here.

FCCHK2010: Jing Ulrich

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:16:52 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Jing Ulrich, managing director and chairman of China equities and commodities for J.P. Morgan. Ulrich spoke to the FCC on 24 February 2010 on "China's Policy Shift: What Lies Ahead," in which she discusses recent changes in government policies, the outlook for asset prices, inflation and the RMB.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Ulrich, click here.

FCCHK2010: Michael Littlewood

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:07:55 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Dr. Michael Littlewood, a faculty member at the University of Auckland law school. Littlewood spoke to the FCC on 22 February 2010 on the topic of Hong Kong’s tax system and argues there is much other governments could learn from the successes of Hong Kong’s tax system. The talk is based on his new book, Taxation without Representation: The History of Hong Kong’s Troublingly Successful Tax System.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK 2010: HK's Angry Generation

Sun, 7 Feb 2010 12:42:52 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Christina Chan, a student activist in Hong Kong and Mirana Szeto, spokesperson for the "Stop Express Rail Link Alliance" in Hong Kong. The two spoke to the FCC on 4 February 2010 about recent protests in Hong Kong and the so-called "Post 80s" generation who have been making headlines for their protests.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK 2010: Thomas Abraham

Wed, 3 Feb 2010 23:13:47 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Thomas Abraham, the director of the public health communication program at the University of Hong Kong. Abraham spoke to the FCC on 1 February 2010 on the Swine Flu pandemic and his work at the World HEalth Organization.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Abraham, click here.

FCCHK2010: Paul Midler

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:15:04 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Paul Midler, a consultant and author of Poorly Made in China, an entertaining narrative of his misadventures in manufacturing in the Middle Kingdom. Midler spoke to the FCC on 21 January 2010 on why importers have to oversee Chinese manufacturers.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Midler, click here.

FCCHK 2010: Cameron Dueck

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:10:33 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Cameron Dueck, a journalist and sailor who led an expedition through the elusive Northwest Passage to see firsthand how Canada's Inuit people are coping with the climate crisis. Dueck spoke to the FCC on 18 January 2010.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Dueck, click here.

FCCHK 2010: Barry Wain

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:58:24 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Barry Wain, a former editor of the Asian Wall Street Journal and now an author and writer-in-residence at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Wain spoke to the FCC on 20 January 2010 on legacy of former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Wain, click here.

FCCHK 2010: Dr. Philip Carmichael

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:18:21 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Dr. Philip S. Carmichael, president of Haier Asia-Pacific. Carmichael spoke to the FCC on 11 January 2010 on Can China Develop a Global Brand.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Carmichael, click here.

FCCHK 2010: Arthur Brooks

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:51:56 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. Brooks spoke to the FCC on 13 January 2010 on The Rise of the New Right: Free Trade, Markets and Entrepreneurship. To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Brooks, click here.

The Case of the Arboreal Assassin of Lamma Island

Fri, 1 Jan 2010 12:44:46 +0800

Matt Driskill explains why you should always have a good lawyer at your disposal and how the “Arboreal Assassin” of Lamma Island, Hong Kong, was turned into a legend among Hong Kong law enforcement for the government’s overzealous pursuit of environmental “justice.”

China's Human Rights Lawyers

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:54:10 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Albert Ho and Eva Pils, two attorneys in Hong Kong who contributed to the new book, A Sword and a Shield: China's Human Rights Lawyers. The two spoke to the FCC on 10 December 2009 about the work of the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group and and the mainland's human rights violations.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video, click here.

FCCHK 2009: Ronald Arculli

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:28:07 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Ronald Arculli, the chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd., which operates Hong Kong's stock exchange. Arculli discusses the global economic crisis and the role of the world's stock exchanges.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Arculli, click here.

FCCHK 2009: Carl Robinson

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:53:31 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with correspondent and author Carl Robinson who spoke to the FCC on 7 December 2009. Robinson discussed his latest book, Mongolia: Nomad Empire of Eternal Blue Sky.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Robinson, click here.

FCCHK 2009: Giles Chance

Sun, 6 Dec 2009 13:20:37 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Giles Chance, visiting professor at Guanghua Business School, Beijing University. Chance spoke to the FCC on 3 December 2009 on his new book, China and the Credit Crisis: The Emergence of a New World Order.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Chance, click here.

FCCHK 2009: Patrick Hennessey

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 06:50:58 +0800

Matthew Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Patrick Hennessey, former British Army captain, author and law student. He spoke to the FCC on 26 November 2009 on "The Afghanistan War: A British Soldier's Perspective."
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@netvigator.com.
To view the video of Hennessey, click here.

FCCHK 2009: Plastic Vortex

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:55:20 +0800

Matt Driskill continues the FCC speaker series with Doug Woodring, co-founder of Project Kaisei, and Karin Malmstrom, a volunteer on the project. They spoke to the FCC on 10 November 2009 on the plastic waste caught in a Pacific Ocean gyre that is bigger in size than the state of Texas.
To learn more about Project Kaisei, click here.
To see a recent New York Times story on the problem, click here.
To learn more, email Matt Driskill at viewfromhere@metvigator.com.
To view the video, click here.