An online panel discussion with Dr Chi Zhang, Dr Olivia Cheung. Dr Victor Shih and Professor Sarah Eaton. Moderated by Professor Ho-fung Hung.
16 April 2026 18.00 – 19:30 BST
Sean Paterson is a member of the RSAA living in Guangzhou There has been much hand-wringing in the press about how Brits, especially those under thirty, are abandoning tea for coffee. The usual suspects blame Americanisation, but what many don’t realise is that the public are simply switching one Asian drink for another. Coffee is…
A two-day online conference hosted in partnership with the FCDOA and the IIAS. 6 & 7 November 2025 13.00-17.00 GMT
Sean Paterson is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society living in Guangzhou A small town in Gansu is having something of a moment. Dunhuang, famous for its treasure-troves of Buddhist art and hoard of ancient manuscripts, and for the underhanded way that foreign adventurers pilfered huge quantities of both, is back in the limelight….
Sean Paterson is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society living in Guangzhou Hong Kong is often referred to as ‘the gate to China’, and even today, it’s common to hear the broader Pearl River Delta megalopolis referred to in similar terms. Some might say the same of Shanghai. However, those who focus on the…
Julius Kochan, RSAA Travel Awards 2024 Recipient, with guest host Dr Winnie King
25 June 2025, 14.00 BST Online
Mengyuan Tian, RSAA Travel Awards 2024 recipient, with guest host Professor Astrid Nordin
9 July 2025, 14.00 BST Online
Sean Paterson is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society living in Guangzhou Many of us in the UK are familiar with the trope of a old man taking his grandson for a walk and saying, ‘all this was fields when I was a boy’. In many parts of China, it could do with a…
Marcus Andreopoulos is a Senior Research Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Foundation and a Subject Matter Expert with the Global Threats Advisory Group at NATO’s Defence Education Enhancement Programme Having elected a new president and government at the end of last year, Sri Lanka looks set to chart a new course in its approach to foreign policy. Since…
Raffaello Pantucci
11 December 2024 14.00 GMT
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