Conor O'Clery - “To Get Rich is Glorious” – China’s Emergence as a Global Power - 04 Feb 2015
Channel: IIEA
Date: 2015-02-05

About the Speech:
 
Conor O'Clery spoke on how recent events in Chinese history have led to China's emergence as a world power. In particular, will focussed on the crackdown on dissent in Tiananmen Square and the idea that "To get rich is glorious". He considered how these two factors have shaped the Chinese Dream of today's leadership in Beijing.
 
 
About the Speaker:
 
For over 30 years, Conor O'Clery worked for The Irish Times in various positions, including news editor and foreign correspondent. He spent five years as Asia correspondent, based in Beijing and was also resident correspondent in London, Moscow, Washington, D.C., and New York City. He was a columnist for The New Republic and Newsweek International, and has been a frequent commentator on RTE, BBC, NPR and CNN. He was twice Irish Journalist of the Year, in 1987, for his reporting of the Soviet Union, and in 2002, for reporting the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.