“Red Capital: The Invisible Hand Transforming Hong Kong’s politics, media and business”

Date: 4 March 2021 (Thursday)

Time: 2pm to 3pm (UK), 10pm - 11pm (HK), 9am to 11am (DC, Ottawa)

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Ever since the Closer Economic Partnership Agreement was signed between Hong Kong and China in 2003, the Chinese Communist Party has been quietly taking control of the Hong Kong economy.

From the media to real estate, from politics to finance, the transformation of the make-up of Hong Kong’s economy has had a discernible impact on the society.

The webinar was chaired by Benedict Rogers and featured an excellent panel of speakers including Ted Hui, self-exiled former Hong Kong pro-democracy legislative councillor, Rushanara Ali MP, Labour Party Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow, Dr Malte Kaeding, lecturer in international politics at the University of Surrey and Johnny Patterson, Policy Director of Hong Kong Watch.

During the webinar, the speakers discussed the implications of these trends and what it all means for policy makers. Many of the insights within this report would be as applicable to the rise of Chinese investment in cities around the world including New York, Toronto, Sydney, London, or Frankfurt.