Keith B. Richburg will be joining us from Hong Kong. This program will not be recorded and remarks by Mr. Richburg are considered off-the-record. Event is free but registration is required.
AFTER 23 YEARS, HONG KONG’S REAL HANDOVER TO CHINA…
featuring
Keith B. Richburg
Director of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre
University of Hong Kong
Keith B. Richburg, Director of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong, spent more than 20 years overseas for The Washington Post, serving as bureau chief in Beijing, Paris, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Nairobi and Manila as well as New York City. He also was the Post’s Foreign Editor during 2005–2007. Richburg was Journalist-in-Residence at the East-West Center in Hawaii in 1990 and was president of the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents Club in 1997, during the year of Hong Kong’s handover to China. Now a Professor of Practice in Hong Kong, he teaches courses on Feature Writing, Covering China and Covering Global Affairs, while continuing his career as a freelance writer and an author. [Keith B. Richburg’s full bio]
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