October 2021

Forthcoming webinars (free – optional donation requested): Thursday, 14 October, 4:00pm BST “The Wake Up Call: Why the pandemic has exposed the weakness of the West – and how to fix it”, with John Micklethwait, Bloomberg editor-in-chief To register:  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/why-the-pandemic-has-exposed-the-weakness-of-the-west-and-how-to-fix-it-tickets-172630692047?aff=odeimcmailchimp&mc_cid=8578be59dd&mc_eid=664d8ce8fc Thursday, 28 October, 9:00am BST “Asia’s Global Financial Centre: Hong Kong in the 21st century”    with a […]

Wednesday, 6 October 2021, 4–5:30pm Taking on China Big Tech and Entrepreneurs: Will the Party shackle innovation and future growth?  Speaker: Professor Stephen Morgan, University of Nottingham Registration required: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqfuCtpj8qHtHGCF_fln-oXYS0ixWAvavc Wednesday, 20 October 2021, 4–5:30pm Green Shoots of Revival: Political Leadership and the Differentiation of Space in a “Zero Pollution Village” in Rural Zhejiang Speaker: Dr

Future SCA talks on Zoom: Tuesday, 9 November  “Engaging readers in the UK with Chinese writing”  Speaker: Dr Frances Weightman, Associate Professor, East Asian Studies School of Languages, Cultures & Societies, Leeds University  Tuesday, 14 December  “Reviving an imperial and classical imaginary of China’s authentic cultural past: the Hanfu movement and young adults in China” 

John Thomson exhibit at Heriot–Watt University Members who attended Betty Yao’s talk in February 2021 on John Thomson, the 19th century photographer and travel writer, will be pleased to know that an exhibition of many of his photographs has opened on the Heriot-Watt campus and will run until 25 March 2022. “China: Through the lens of