Adrian Hornsby

Adrian Hornsby is a writer and editor of considerable diversity. He is a principal author and chief editor of The Chinese Dream (010 Publishers, 2008), an 800 page in-depth study of the forces shaping China’s — and the world’s — greatest ever wave of urbanisation. The Chinese Dream is the product of collaborative research with the Beijing-based think tank the Dynamic City Foundation. He is also Head of Research & Analysis at Investing for Good, the UK’s first FSA-regulated ethical investments specialist, and writes regularly on enterprise-driven development schemes around the world. He is a Director of Kilometer Zero, an international arts and politics collective, and for several years co-edited the Kilometer Zero Magazine. He has written numerous plays which have been produced on stage in London, Paris, Amsterdam and Beijing, and on radio in London and New York.

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Is China the economic saviour of the 21st century?


Sunday 2 November 2008, 4.00pm Henry Moore Gallery
What is China thinking?



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