Hong Kong: Towards an Uncertain Future?
Wednesday 11 December at 5.30pm. A panel very familiar with Hong Kong – and China more generally – will look at the background leading to the recent protests, examine the implications for Hong Kong itself as well as more generally for the region including the impact on business confidence, especially as it affects New Zealand interests. Professor Brian Moloughney of the University of Otago specialises in Chinese history and has held senior positions at that university as well as at Victoria University of Wellington. He is Associate Director of the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre based at VUW. Ambassador Clifford Hart Jr, was United States Consul-General in Hong Kong from 2013-2016, after a career that had also seen him serve several times in mainland China. A member of the US Council on Foreign Relations, he is a frequent speaker on China and North Asia matters. Mark Russell, a strategic communications specialist and owner of the PR firm Hot Meta Communications, is the immediate Past President of the Hong Kong Kong/New Zealand Business Association, and was for a number of years Assistant Foreign Editor of Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post. REGISTER
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Developments in the Middle East and Opportunities: The Perspectives of the UAE and Moderate Countries
Thursday 14 November 2019 11:00am - 1:00pm. HE Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar will highlight the shared bilateral and strategic relationship between the UAE and New Zealand and will discuss the vast opportunities for New Zealand in region.
HE Al Marar will cover the UAE’s foreign policy priorities in the greater Middle East region and UAE perspectives regarding the recent developments and challenges and the approach to maintain a new, shared, and more stable regional order to advance the region. REGISTER
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Listen to our most recent speaker on Youtube
Ken Ash, Director of the OECD Trade and
Agriculture Directorate spoke in Wellington
on 22 July 2019. Listen to his
presentation.
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