What after ten years of harmonious society? - China Weekly Hangout

Xi Jinping 习近平 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The China Weekly Hangout on Thursday November 1 will focus on the ten past years of a harmonious society under president Hu Jintao and premier Wen Jiabao, what has it meant, and what can we expect the coming eight years under upcoming president Xi Jinping?
Janet Carmosky will report from New York on the findings on the National Committee on US-China Relations China Town Hall, and add her own viewpoints too. In addition we hope to sign up with political scientist Greg Anderson, who is currently in Bologna, Italy and will try to sign up for the hangout.
Moderation is in the hands of Fons Tuinstra, president of the China Speakers Bureau, signing in from Brasschaat, Belgium.
Time of the broadcast will be from 10pm Beijing Time, 3pm CET (note the winter time in Europe has started) and 10pm EST (US).
Do let us know if you want to be included in any way into our hangout. You can register at our event page.

After last week's China Weekly Hangout (included), we have started a debate on the format of the CWH. There was consensus that our sessions of 40-50 minutes might be too much for the average attention span of our viewers. Most likely we are going to cut up the session into smaller segments, but do follow this weblog or our event page for this week for updates on the logistics.

Next week: reports from Brasschaat

the weapon of Brasschaat

Next week the China Herald will have a temporary new feature: reports from Brasschaat, a small but well-known municipality in the Flemish part of Belgium. My annual retreat will be in this little city with roots in the middle ages and I might be following the news from China a bit, that is if they have internet access. I have been in places in Belgium where that would not be common practise like in China.
I should be recovering from the launch of our China Speakers Bureau, although the launch for tomorrow has just been delayed for a few days. Maybe this time it all goes well, but my colleagues might as well be launching it without my presence. Then internet access would be very useful, to put it mildly. But changing flights would be very costly at the last minute.