Date/Time
Date(s) - Saturday, October 31 2015
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Location
M on the Bund

Category(ies)

• Afternoon Tea

“Ovaltine & Elephants”, a discussion of Myanmar’s Future

Robert San Pé and Hannah Beech

A week ​away from the Myanmar national election on November 8, ​the Shanghai Lit Fest and Shanghai FCC present a ​joint ​discussion of the country’s future. How will the election result affect Myanmese people at work and at home, from how they conduct business to how they express themselves? And what lessons might be learnt from China’s rapid opening up?

Saturday, October 31, 2015

1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Venue: M on the Bund

Seventh Floor, Five on the Bund, 20 Guangdong Lu,

near Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, Huangpu district

黄浦区广东路20号外滩五号7楼,近中山东一路

Tel (86 21) 6329 3751

Admission:

 ​Tickets cost 75RMB ​ or ​35RMB ​ for FCC members

and are available for purchase here. Members will need to show their member cards at the sign-in desk.​

For more information, you can find the full Lit Fest brochure here.

About the Speakers:

Robert San Pé is the ​Senior ​L​egal ​A​dviser on legal affairs to opposition leader and Nobel laureate, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi​. He will be joined by Hannah Beech, East Asia Correspondent for Time magazine. Pete Sweeney​, ​FCC President ​and ​Senior Markets Correspondent at Reuters​ ​will ​chair.

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