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Wednesday Night #1298
January 17, 2007, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1298

17 January 2007 Tonight we are in local mode: contemplating the two-month-late onslaught of winter and awaiting the resu ...

Wednesday Night #1297
January 10, 2007, 1 Comment

10 January 2007 We are still basking in the reflected glory of last week’s stimulating discussion on the economy, ...

Wednesday Night #1296
January 3, 2007, 3 Comments

The Report (and photos) The first Wednesday of the year that will see the celebration of 25 years of Wednesday Nights wa ...

Hong Kong Archive
January 2, 2007, Comments Off on Hong Kong Archive

02 January 2007 Hong Kong democracy campaigners Monday protested against upcoming leadership polls that they say are unr ...

Cashmere, desertification, goats and dust storms
December 26, 2006, Comments Off on Cashmere, desertification, goats and dust storms

28 December 2006 Today, China’s grasslands, the world’s third-largest, are turning into deserts. In just fiv ...

Wednesday Night #1292 – after the Liberal Leadership convention
December 6, 2006, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1292 – after the Liberal Leadership convention

Introduction The crowded room was pervaded by an atmosphere of genial good humour in contrast to the proposed discussion ...

Wednesday Night #1290
November 22, 2006, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1290

November 22, a date that always provokes a certain nostalgia for the political era dubbed: “Camelot on the Potomac ...

Wednesday Night #1289
November 15, 2006, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1289

We hope that some of you were able to attend the Millennium Promises Conference last Thursday, and at the very least, th ...

Wednesday Night #1286 with Pierre Arbour
October 25, 2006, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1286 with Pierre Arbour

How long will there be Life on planet Earth? Unless a solution is found within a relatively short period of time, animal ...

Wednesday Night #1281
September 20, 2006, 3 Comments

Last week’s Wednesday Night discussion was overtaken by events and thus focused mostly on local issues, with the e ...

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