19 June 2014

China and Europe: Luncheon Panel Discussion

The EU is China’s top trading partner. During this luncheon discussion, panelists will explore the evolving relationship between China and Europe; the latest trends in trade and investment; the scope for cooperation particularly on global issues such as climate change and food security; roadblocks to collaboration; and China’s geopolitical role and foreign policy positions in the context of Europe’s economic crisis and the Ukraine troubles.
19 June 2014

China in the World – President’s Circle Off-the-Record Afternoon Discussion

The Asia Society Hong Kong presents a President’s Circle Off-the-Record Afternoon Discussion Registration 4:45pm Discussion 5:00pm Close 6:30pm A wide-ranging discussion of China’s evolving role in the world and its foreign and security policy. The […]
29 April 2014

Academy Award Winning Faculty Member Gives Inaugural Talk

Academy Award winner and JMSC faculty member Ruby Yang delivered her inaugural talk, titled “Becoming American, Becoming Chinese: A Personal Journey Through San Francisco, Beijing and Hong Kong,” as HKU’s new Hung Leung Hau Ling Distinguished Fellow in Humanities on April 25. She showed clips of her documentaries, short subjects and public service announcements, and gave a tour d’horizon of her career.
28 April 2014

JMSC Student Awarded Prestigious Cambridge Scholarship

Billy Wong Shing-keung, a second year Bachelor of Journalism student from Hong Kong, has been awarded the Pembroke-King Programme Scholarship at the University of Cambridge, one of four students in the world to receive the summer programme scholarship.
28 April 2014

JMSC Student Wins International New York Times Competition

Joyce Xu, a third year Bachelor of Journalism student from Hong Kong, has won the International New York Times “Word (World) of Yours” Writing Competition 2013 for her article, “The Impact of Social Media on Global Awareness,” which was published April 1 in the INYT’s Hong Kong and China print editions.
14 April 2014

JMSC Singled Out For Its Teaching of News Literacy

Once the provenance of American universities, the subject of news literacy is now expanding abroad where new models of teaching are gaining attention. One such course at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre was recently highlighted in the Columbia Journalism Review for its innovative approach to de-Americanizing the news literacy curriculum for a more global student body.