Fireside Chat with David Zweig 2014/05/11

David, who is Chair Professor of Social Science at The HK University of Science and Technology, came to Hong Kong with his family in 1996, but before that he had been a frequent visitor to Hong Kong and the PRC, and he provides early and searing insights into modern China. David was born in Toronto to a Conservative Jewish family, he is a fluent Mandarin speaker and is also conversant in Hebrew. There are few who do not recall or have not learned of the illness suffered by his son, Aaron, an event that brought the entire HK Jewish community together to secure the Berlin heart machine for Hong Kong, undoubtedly saving Aaron’s life. Join us as we listen to David’s stories of the PRC opening up to the outside world, his role in helping those outside the PRC understand that transition, and of his life and contribution to Jewish life in Hong Kong.