Nightlife & Activities

How to Build an Anti-Fraud Program

Date: March 13 - 9 pm

Venue: European Union Chamber of Commerce in China

Asset misappropriation, bribery and corruption and procurement/accounting fraud are relatively common economic crimes in China. PwC's most recent Global Economic Crime Survey indicates that around one out of every three China based companies have experienced some form of economic crime in the past two years. Given the extent of this issue, businesses and their staff need to ask themselves some hard questions about these risks, including: "Is our company doing enough to preserve its value so we can sleep soundly at night?" The European Chamber invites you to join a seminar with Benjamin Ee, Director of Forensic Services, PwC China who will present on how to build an effective anti-fraud program and share practical experience of managing these challenges.

In Conversation with Geoff Dyer

Date: March 10 - 6 pm

Venue: The Bookworm, Beijing

Geoff Dyer dissolves genres and writes a blend of fiction, autobiography, travel writing, cultural criticism and literary theory, often laced with a sardonic and self-deprecating wit. His 14 books have won many awards including the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism and the Somerset Maugham Prize. His subjects vary wildly, from an ode to critic John Berger to how the World War I is remembered, to a book about his failure to write a book about DH Lawrence. His "nonfiction" book about jazz imaginatively reconstructs scenes from the lives of the greats, his "novels' often harbor essays and critiques, while his latest book White Sands blends travel writing with some fictitious aspects in his search for the most vivid of experiences.