Although the pandemic abruptly halted Asia’s momentum as a rising economy, after this crisis the region plans to be well on its way to making the ‘Asian Century’ a reality. Excluding newly industrialized economies in Asia, regional growth is estimated at 6.6% in 2021, according to the Asian Development Bank. Asia’s leaders are faced with an array of challenges when looking to continue growth, considering institutional, financial, environmental transformations amongst many others are needed to make this possible.

Will Asia turn to its European counterparts for guidance? How should Europe engage? Inevitably, how will the upcoming US elections play a role in this relationship?

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is pleased to welcome Dr. Parag Khanna, Founder & Managing Partner, FutureMap and author of The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict & Culture in the 21st Century for a webinar moderated by Vijay Gokhale, 32nd Foreign Secretary of India 2017 – 2018, Indian ambassador to China 2016-2017. Book your seat now and join us for this webinar on Friday 30th October from 9:30am-10:30am (GMT+8) via Zoom.

• 2020-10-30 | 09:30 - 10:30
• Online - Zoom Platform

Despite presenting serious challenges throughout 2020, COVID-19 has not managed to impact the ineluctable roll-out of new, significant pieces of Cybersecurity implementation rules and draft laws in China. One notable release was the draft Data Security Law in July 2020. China’s determination to more-stringently regulate its cyberspace have been paralleled by a doubling of compliance endeavours from foreign businesses in China, which has increased both the cost and the operational burden of doing business, at least in the short-term.
In order to examine how the Cybersecurity Law and the Data Security Draft Law will coexist, and what the long-term impact will be on European companies operating in China, the European Chamber as assembled a distinguished group of government representatives, lawyers, security experts and industry representatives to discuss this topic at its annual Cybersecurity Conference.

• 2020-10-22 | 13:30 - 18:30
• Zoom/网络直播

The fragility and interconnectedness of our world powers continues to quickly unravel throughout the pandemic and the impact is clear: a declining economy. Taking this into consideration, key questions arise: who will be the first to break under this ultimate stress test? Looking forward, will the US remain isolated and raise further its national walls? Will China step forward and call for global unity?

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is pleased to welcome Francis Fukuyama, Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University and author of Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment for a webinar moderated by Ivo H. Daalder, President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Former US Ambassador to NATO; Former Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council. Book your seat now and join us for this webinar on Monday 12th October from 9am-10:30am (GMT+8) via Zoom.

• 2020-10-12 | 09:00 - 10:00
• Online - Zoom Platform