Over the course of three years, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and photojournalist Liu Heung Shing travelled some 270,000 kilometres across five continents, visiting 21 countries and 54 regions to document the people, places, and transformations connected with China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
The result is his new book, 古道新章· 世界里的中国 Old Road, New Connections, a work of long-form photojournalism that traces the new connections taking shape along and beyond the ancient Silk Road. From the caravan stops of the old Silk Road to the port of Chancay in Peru, the copper mines of Africa, and Chinese cars on the streets of Tehran, it is at once a record of vast infrastructure and an intimate portrait of ordinary lives.
On September 24, the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) will host a VIP luncheon in Beijing featuring Liu for a conversation on the making of the book, , whose English edition is published by ACC Art Books and Chinese edition by CITIC Press.
The luncheon will feature a visual presentation by Liu, including selected photographs from his journey and a 12-minute film edited by renowned Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke, followed by a dialogue with CCG President Henry Huiyao Wang and live Q&A with guests.
When and where
Thursday, September 24, 2026
11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.Venue details will be provided upon successful registration.
A seated lunch will be provided.
Guest reception and networking will begin at 11:30 a.m., followed by the luncheon and programme at noon.
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Liu Heung Shing
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and internationally acclaimed photojournalist
Across the shifting geopolitical landscape of the late 20th century, on assignments spanning the US and Asia, Liu Heung Shing photographed two of its seminal events: the rise of China through unprecedented economic reform, and the collapse of the Soviet Union under Mikhail Gorbachev.
For this work he was named Best Photographer by the Associated Press in 1988 and 1989, and received the Photo of the Year award from the University of Missouri in 1989. In 1992 he shared the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography with his Moscow colleagues, and that same year received the Overseas Press Club Award. His photographs of China are widely recognised as capturing an era of change — at once preserving native sensibilities and an independent point of view.
Liu was the first Time magazine photographer posted in Beijing since 1978, and later chief photographer for the Associated Press in Beijing, Los Angeles, New Delhi, Seoul and Moscow. He is the author of China After Mao, China: Portrait of a Country, and 1911: The Road to Revolution, and co-author of Shanghai: Portrait of a City, and A Life in a Sea of Red. M+ in Hong Kong holds the largest collection of his work, of which he is also a patron.
Henry Huiyao Wang
Henry Huiyao Wang is Founder and President of the Center for China and Globalization (CCG), and former Counsellor to China’s State Council appointed by the Chinese Premier. In addition, he is a former Vice Chairman of China Association for International Economic Cooperation (CAIEC) under the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), former Vice Chairman, China Talent Research Society under the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. He is also currently the Standing Director of China Institute of International Economic Relations under PBOC, and a Director of Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs and a Director of the China National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation, both organisations under the supervision of Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In addition, Wang is a Steering Committee Member of Paris Peace Forum and Metropolis International and was an Advising Board Member for International Organization of Migration (IOM) of the UN. He is a Distinguished Professor of China Foreign Affairs University and sits on the Advising Board of Richard Ivey Business School of Canada, Advisory Committee for Global Competence Development of Tsinghua University. He was the former Dean of the Institute of Development at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in China.
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