“Your presentation was fascinating and engaging, delivered with humor, and had our members discussing it for the next two days, which say a lot.” At the China Speakers Bureau we received enthusiastic comments from Kathleen Deutsch, vice-chairperson of the Lawyers Associated Worldwide, after William Bao Bean delivered his speech there October 2015 in Shanghai on how China is changing.Read More →

Since William Bao Bean took on a new role as managing director of ChinaAccelerator early 2015, he also stepped into the limelight in a rather public role, compared to his earlier VC-activities. And people have noticed that change, as the demand for William as a speaker has spiked over the past few months.Read More →

Journalist Ian Johnson will be in Berlin from half June to half September, and is available to share his insights on civil society, culture and religion. He is a Beijing-based writer for the New York Review of Books, and his stories also appear in the New York Times and ChinaFile.Read More →

What is happening next, was the question we got a few times over the past weeks from our clients, after picking a speaker. For the China Speakers Bureau it is a regular business, ans sometimes we forget it is not for most of our clients. So here is a step-by-step overview of how our procedures (mostly) look like.Read More →

We hope your year 2015 starts with a blast, just like ours. China is changing in rapid pace, and we hope to be also your 2015 match maker if you are looking for experts on the fast moving realities in China.

What do we expect in 2015?Read More →

The China Speakers Bureau has over the past five years mostly focused on international clients, with a focus on often China-based but equally international speakers, mostly focusing on the China debate among an international audience. But China is changing fast, and coming months we are going to explore if the market is ready for us.Read More →

The China Speakers Bureau will be on tour in #Europe in the coming months. Cities we travel too are #Geneva, #Lausanne, #Prague and #Brussels. If you are interested in setting up a meeting, do get in touch, so we can see when and how our agenda´s can match.Read More →

William Bao Bean has joined SOS Ventures as an Investment Partner, Asia and takes over as Managing Director of Chinaccelerator, the first and longest running startup accelerator program in China based out of Shanghai and run by SOS Ventures.Read More →

The much awarded journalist Ian Johnson is joining today the China Speakers Bureau. Working in China since 1984, Ian worked for the Wall Street Journal as feature writer and bureau chief for twelve years.He is currently living in Beijing and Berlin as an independent journalist, working both for the New York Review of Books and the Wall Street Journal.Read More →