Video Archives - Dr David Zweig

The War for Chinese Talent in America: A Conversation with Dr. David Zweig

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NEW YORK, September 5, 2024 — Author Dr. David Zweig discusses his latest book, “The War for Chinese Talent in America,” which documents China’s aggressive attempts to gain access to U.S. technology and America’s countermeasures in response. Asia Society Policy Institute Managing Director Rorry Daniels moderates the discussion on China …

Interview with Dr Zweig on YouTube

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David Zweig on Bloomberg: HK Not Finished But Is Wounded Needs Healing

admin — Sun, 03 Jul 2022 16:04:53 +0000

David Zweig, Professor Emeritus of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, discusses the significance of Chinese President Xi’s visit to Hong Kong and the policy priorities for new Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee. He speaks on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia” with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watt. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia

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Duke University Forum on Chinese Innovation

admin — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 05:36:18 +0000

November 9th, 2021

Host: Dr Denis Simon
Speaker: David Zweig

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How will President Joe Biden handle China?

admin — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 00:57:41 +0000

ABC News Live Prime
January 22, 2021
Interview with David Zweig

Current state of affairs in Hong Kong and discussion of the future of China relations with the new administration. Dr Zweig’s interview appears at 2:30 minutes into the segment which is 6:13 minutes long

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The Promise and Perils of Chinese Democracy: Hong Kong and Taiwan

admin — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 22:12:49 +0000

December 11th, 2020

Speakers:
David Zweig, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Margaret Lewis, Seton Hall University
Moderator: Joseph Fewsmith, BU Pardee School of Global Studies

Video Link: A BUCSA Forum 2020 by Boston University Center for the Study of Asia

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Rules of the Road: China’s Talent Program and US Research Discrimination

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 05:04:06 +0000

Streamed live from the Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 20 July 2020
Panel Speaker: David Zweig

In 2008, China’s Communist Party created the Thousand Talents Program (TTP) to counteract the brain drain trend that had seen many of the country’s best and brightest minds emigrate and settle overseas. According to Li Yuanchao, the reformist former Chinese Communist Party Politiburo member who developed the program, the stated goal of the TTP was to build an “innovative society.” However, in the past few years, the United States government has become growingly alarmed by and hostile towards the TTP, particularly in the technology development domain.

Under the current political atmosphere in Washington, American suspicion regarding China’s aspirations to become a scientific superpower through the TTP is only growing stronger. Cases of Chinese discrimination in universities and within corporations are increasingly institutionalized. Hurdles to cooperation are becoming more commonplace. As neither the United States nor China would benefit from a permanent technological decoupling, what steps should China take to make their national talent programs more open? Likewise, how can America make its investigations into these alleged cases more transparent? Join Asia Society Hong Kong Center as we host Professor Frank H. Wu, President of Queen’s College at City University of New York and author of Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White and Professor David Zweig, Director of the Center on China’s Transnational Relations at the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, to engage in this important dialogue on the need for better ‘rules of the road’ on scientific advancement and cooperation between the US and China.

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Webinar: America Challenges China’s National Talent Programs

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 00:00:23 +0000

Thursday, July 2, 2020
4 -5:30pm PDT
Speaker: David Zweig

Venue:
Zoom – Webinar – with Clayton Dube of the USC US-China Institute

China’s eager to recruit and retain talent. It has seen many of its most able scholars find homes and produce path-breaking work in other countries. In recent years, it’s permitted recruited scholars to be based in China on a part-time basis. This has led to tensions with the United States, which wants research funded in full or in part by American sources to benefit itself. Some scholars have been accused of violating U.S. laws on double-dipping and disclosure. Collaborative U.S.-China research is under a cloud, which doesn’t benefit scientific advance for the U.S. or China.

David Zweig is professor emeritus at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where he began teaching in 1996, heading the university’s Center on China’s Transnational Relations for 15 years. He is one of the foremost scholars on China’s talent recruitment and retention efforts and on China’s globalization efforts. A prolific writer, he’s authored or edited 10 books and many articles. In addition to articles in academic journals, Zweig’s publishes frequently in wide-circulation newspapers such as the South China Morning Post, including recent op-eds on the evolving situation in Hong Kong. Zweig remains based in Hong Kong and now heads Transnational China Consulting. He previously spoke at USC on the program and, together with Siqin Kang, he recently published a paper on America’s response to the Thousand Talents Program.

Related Link – with full video: USC-US-China Institute

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Africa Sessions – Rethinking International Relations in Africa after COVID-19

admin — Thu, 21 May 2020 07:20:37 +0000

Saturday, May 16, 2020
5:00 PM GMT+1
Conference Panel Speaker: David Zweig

The Covid-19 pandemic has arrived at a time of economic and geopolitical crossroads in the development paths of many African nations. Alongside the health concerns, the social, financial and technological impacts of the pandemic bring additional complexity, dilemmas and responsibility to the decision making process across the continent.

Created by Global Strategic Platform (a network of analysts, academics and journalists in various continents), and supported by Cal Maritime, the main objective of Africa Sessions is to organize and promote cycles of conferences to foster analytical dialogue between experts on crucial themes, using an online platform and institutional support to bring the discussion to a wide audience.

The main participants in the panels include analysts, academics, diplomats and other government officials, business leaders, civil society organizers, journalists.

The conferences, which will last 90 minutes (via the Zoom platform) will include up to half a dozen panel members, two chairs and two moderators and will be open to the public, after registration.

Besides live transmissions, the conferences will be available on Facebook for later viewing and will later be used for production of written materials.1

The cycle begins on Saturday, May 16th, at 17h00 (GMT+1), with an online conference on “Rethinking International Relations in Africa after Covid-19”.

External link to the video on David Zweig’s YouTube channel
External link to the Event page

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Dr. David Zweig | China’s “Reverse Migration” Strategies Under Attack: The 1000 Talents Plan

admin — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 13:21:46 +0000

27 January 2020: David Zweig is professor emeritus at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He lived in China for four years, first in the mid-1970’s and again in the 1980s and 1990s. He has resided in Hong Kong since 1996. In 1984-85, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University; He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan. This video presentation is approximately one and a quarter hours long.

External link to the Podcast
External link to the Event page

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H.K. Bill Is Trump’s Thanksgiving Gift to Democratic Movement: Professor Zweig

admin — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 23:50:10 +0000

Nov.27 — David Zweig, emeritus professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and director of Transnational China Consulting Ltd., talks about President Donald Trump’s decision to sign a bill into law that expresses U.S. support for Hong Kong protesters. Zweig speaks on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.”

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