FCC Hong Kong

The Correspondent

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A podcast featuring the conversations and interviews held at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Cherian George and Donald Low on Singapore’s Leadership and Prospects for Political Reform 16.03.2023 1:01:29

Singapore’s ruling party has proven exceptionally adept at accommodating global shifts, economic pressures, and changing popular sentiments — without significant democratisation or political liberalisation. A new cycle of managed renewal is in the works again, with 49-year-old technocrat Lawrence Wong slated to take over from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. This panel will look at the resilience a...

‘Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong’ with author Louisa Lim 16.03.2023 58:54

FCC Correspondent Member Governor Austin Ramzy. moderate this conversation and discussion with author Luisa Lim. After protests erupted in 2019 and were met with escalating suppression from Beijing, long-time HongKonger and journalist Louisa Lim interviewed guerrilla calligraphers, amateur historians and archaeologists to put together a story of Hong Kong as told from the perspectives of its local...

A Conversation with Maria Ressa, Press Freedom Fighter in the Philippines 16.03.2023 57:59

Award-winning journalist, Maria Ressa, discusses the growing threats to a free press in the Philippines and Asia, and how dedicated journalists are banding together to fight back. Recorded 17/05/2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.