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China's Great Leap (Co-sponsored Program)

Event Date

  • 4/29/2008   6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
    Please arrive early for registration

Location

  • World Affairs Council Auditorium

Address

  • 312 Sutter Street
    Second Floor
    San Francisco, California 94108
Speaker(s)
John Kamm, Chairman, Dui Hua Foundation

John Kamm is the former President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, current Chairman of the Dui Hua Foundation, and contributing author to China’s Great Leap: The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges.

 

Minky Worden, Media Director, Human Rights Watch

Minky Worde is Human Rights Watch’s Media Director and the editor of China’s Great Leap: The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges.

 

Event Details

The World Affairs Council is pleased to co-sponsor the Human Rights Watch’s reception and program to celebrate the launch of China’s Great Leap, a new book examining China’s changes in the context of the 2008 Olympic Games. Minky Worden, Human Rights Watch’s Media Director and the editor of this new volume, and John Kamm, Chairman of the Dui Hua Foundation and contributing author, will be speaking about the book and the upcoming Beijing Olympics.

For more information please email dev_sf3@hrw.org or call 415.362.3250.  Please RSVP with names and number of tickets by April 25.