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Upcoming Events: Jonathan Fenby in Hong Kong

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Jonathan Fenby in Hong Kong
On the anniversary of June Fourth, long-time China watcher, journalist and author Jonathan Fenby will speak at events by the Hong Kong International Literary Festival

Power Breakfast with Jonathan Fenby
What factors are going to shape China as it seeks to rebalance its economy and maintain high growth on its path to overtake the United States? How has the cause of reform been advanced by the Bo Xilai affair? Is China still a good place to invest as its economy evolves and how will its global economic relations evolve? Join Jonathan Fenby, a co-founder of the Trusted Sources research service and author of the latest book Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today for a power breakfast and talk.

Date: Monday, 4 June 2012
Time: 8 to 10am (Registration from 8am. Breakfast starts at 8.15am followed by talk at 8.45am)
Venue: Club Lusitano, 27/F, 16 Ice House Street, Central
Price: HK$400 per pax including breakfast (HK$360 for Friends of the Festival)

Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today
Long-time China watcher and author Jonathan Fenby discusses the many themes - socio-political, economic, environmental and demographic - covered in his new book Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today. On the anniversary of June Fourth, join him and discover China as seen through the eyes of an experienced observer, from head to tail.

Date: Monday, 4 June 2012
Time: 7.00 to 8.30pm (Registration from 7pm, followed by talk at 7.30pm)
Venue: Duke of Windsor Social Services Building, 1/F, 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai
Price: HK$200 (HK$170 for Friends of the Festival)

About Jonathan Fenby
Jonathan Fenby is a writer, journalist and analyst. He has edited The South China Morning Post from 1995 to 1999 as well as The Observer and Reuters World Service. He was also a senior correspondent for The Economist and has contributed to a wide range of publications and broadcasting stations. A co-founder of the emerging markets research firm Trusted Sources, he has a wealth of experience as a writer and commentator on Chinese political, economic and social affairs. His twelve books – six on China - include The Penguin History of Modern China (picked as a book of the year by The Economist and Financial Times), Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-Shek and the China He Lost and the acclaimed On The Brink: The Trouble with France. His most recent is Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today (2012).

Ticketing
Tickets are available from the Festival. Email [email protected] or call 28779770. Tickets are also available from Dymocks stores Tel:28650421

For Press Enquiries, please contact:
- The Festival Office at 29779797 or
- The Festival’s Press Officer Kate McDonald
Tel: 96491616/Email: [email protected]

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