Entries by Global Bridges

XXXIII Berlin Global Forum, November 6, 2018

Guest Speakers: Dr. Volker Stanzel, Former Ambassador to P.R. China and Japan, Vice President of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP); Mikko Huotari, Deputy Director, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) Topic: Der steile Weg zum Gipfel: Xi Jinping und sein Münchhausen-Trilemma

XVII Berlin Global Forum, China Evening, November 6, 2018

Having recently returned from their XIV Study Trip to China, Global Bridges members, as well as Young Leaders Alumni and friends, convened in Berlin to hear former German Ambassador to China and Japan Dr. Volker Stanzel and Dr. Mikko Huotari, Deputy Director of the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) share their analyses of current […]

XIV Study Trip to the P.R. China

Beijing – Shenzhen – Hong Kong October 14 to 22, 2018 It is risky to go to China. However, it is even riskier not to go to China. Heinrich von Pierer, CEO Siemens, 1992-2005 The visit to Shenzhen, China’s so-called “Silicon Valley for Hardware”, was the focus of this year’s XIV Study Trip to China. […]

First Study Trip to Vietnam

Hanoi – Halong Bay – Ho-Chi-Minh-City October 7 to 14, 2018 “Money, Wealth, and Prosperity” are terms which came up again and again when Global Bridges members inquired about the current situation and future of Vietnam during their first Study Trip to the country in early October. These are the values ​​that the extraordinarily young […]

II Global Bridges Berlin Symposium

The Global Bridges Berlin Symposium was held for the second time from the September 23 to 25, 2018, under the motto “Klartext in der Politik”. The aim of the event was to give Global Bridges members the opportunity to talk directly with politicians in the current government in Berlin and to discuss contemporary and controversial […]