Frank Sieren
China Bureau Chief, Die Zeit
Luxembourg Embassy Residence
21 Nei Wu Bu Jie
Dongcheng District
卢森堡大使住宅东城区内务部街21号
Lusenbao Dashi Zhuzhai Dongcheng Qu 21 Nei Wu Bu Jie
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How can we overcome the paralyzing fear of China? How does China threaten our prosperity while at the same time help us to keep it? How will China capitalize on the world’s economic crisis?
Frank Sieren, China Bureau Chief for the German weekly Die Zeit, author and documentary filmmaker, will present the frightening strengths as well as the hidden risks of China’s boom. He will illuminate the inherent contradictions of China’s advancement as well as the role it will play at a time of global crisis.
Kunal Basu, Author
Moderated by James Chau, CCTV-9
Embassy of India (new location)
Tianze Road, Liang Ma Qiao,
Chaoyang District
Please note this is a new embassy address.
印度驻华使馆
北京市朝阳区亮马桥天泽路
Yindu Dashiguan Chaoyang Qu Liang Ma Qiao Tianze Lu
BIS events are open to foreign passport holders only.
All BIS events are off-the-record. Photography, filming and recording are not permitted.
Non-members welcome for a single lecture fee of RMB 50 (students with valid ID RMB 20).
Membership desk open 7:00 pm for 7:30 pm lecture,
no reservations necessary.
For inquiries on the day of the event, from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm, please call 137 1767 2167.
Author Kunal Basu will discuss his most recent book, The Yellow Emperor’s Cure, taking us on a fascinating journey from Portugal to Peking on the eve of the Boxer Rebellion and exploring the contrasts between European and Chinese perspectives on medicine, politics and social mores.
