Whilst the US remains the global leader in blockchain technology, many predict that China may well overtake the US within the next five years and become the world’s No.1 blockchain powerhouse, drawing the centre of gravity of technological innovation and
![Shanghai : China and India – Thirsty Cities and the Delivery of Public Goods [Thursday, November 8]](http://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Selina-Ho.jpeg "Shanghai : China and India – Thirsty Cities and the Delivery of Public Goods [Thursday, November 8]")
YCW Shanghai welcomes Selina Ho to lead a talk about why China provides a higher level of public goods than India. She will discuss her forthcoming book on how China and India differ in their approach to providing education, healthcare,
After reviewing dozens of candidates for our first annual Young China Watcher of the Year Award, our nomination committee narrowed the list of highly qualified individuals down to five. These outstanding nominees represent a wide variety of China-related fields: they work (or have worked) in journalism, academia, government, nonprofit, and think tanks.
![Singapore – The Billionaire Raj: India’s rise, and what it means for China? With James Crabtree [Thursday, November 01]](http://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/james-photo-1-400x350.jpg "Singapore – The Billionaire Raj: India’s rise, and what it means for China? With James Crabtree [Thursday, November 01]")
India is experiencing a period of rapid development characterised by extremes of wealth, growing inequality and unstable industrial growth — a period James Crabtree calls “the Billionaire Raj” in his new book, which was recently short-listed for the FT /
![Shanghai – Even Closer China-Africa Community? with Eric Olander [Thursday, October 11]](http://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/eric-olander.jpg "Shanghai – Even Closer China-Africa Community? with Eric Olander [Thursday, October 11]")
As the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), the triennial official forum between China and all the African states with the exception of Eswatini, took place in Beijing in early September 2018, YCW Shanghai invites Eric