![Washington D.C. – Fifty Years of the United States and China with the Freeman Family with Chas Freeman, Carla Freeman, Charles Freeman III [Chas Freeman, Carla Freeman and Charles Freeman III]](http://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/chas2.jpg "Washington D.C. – Fifty Years of the United States and China with the Freeman Family with Chas Freeman, Carla Freeman, Charles Freeman III [Chas Freeman, Carla Freeman and Charles Freeman III]")
In 1969, then-foreign service officer Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. began Mandarin language training at the State Department, so beginning the Freeman family’s nearly fifty year history of closely shaping U.S.-China relations. Ambassador Freeman would go on to play a
![Singapore – China’s Open Door Policy 40th Anniversary (Panel Discussion) with Keith Zhai, Zhao Litao, Qian Jiwei, Judith Huang [Wednesday, July 11]](http://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Keith.jpg "Singapore – China’s Open Door Policy 40th Anniversary (Panel Discussion) with Keith Zhai, Zhao Litao, Qian Jiwei, Judith Huang [Wednesday, July 11]")
China’s Open Door Policy (改革开放) began in 1978 under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, the paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China. On the 40th anniversary of China’s reforms, Young China Watchers (Singapore) would like to examine how China’s
![Shanghai- P2P Lending in China: The Innovation vs Regulation Balancing Act [June 28, 2018]](http://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/greggibb-5847ebb3124a2.jpg "Shanghai- P2P Lending in China: The Innovation vs Regulation Balancing Act [June 28, 2018]")
YCW Shanghai welcomes Gregory Gibb, Chairman and CEO of Shanghai Lujiazui International Financial Asset Exchange, or Lufax for short, to speak on Peer-to-Peer (P2P) lending in China and how firms are navigating a regulatory environment in flux while adopting new
![London – Changing perceptions of Chinese cuisine & the relationship between gastronomy and soft power with Alan Yau [Tuesday, July 03]](http://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Alanred-750x350.jpg "London – Changing perceptions of Chinese cuisine & the relationship between gastronomy and soft power with Alan Yau [Tuesday, July 03]")
Join Young China Watchers London for an evening with seasoned entrepreneur Alan Yau OBE. Alan will be speaking about his experience of changing perceptions of Chinese cuisine and about the relationship between gastronomy and soft power. We invite Alan Yau
![Singapore – Singapore Summit: Trump’s Triumph or Kim’s Win? (Panel Discussion) with Harry Sa, Shawn Ho, Keith Zhai, Bae Dae Yeon [Wednesday, 20 Jun]](http://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Harry.jpg "Singapore – Singapore Summit: Trump’s Triumph or Kim’s Win? (Panel Discussion) with Harry Sa, Shawn Ho, Keith Zhai, Bae Dae Yeon [Wednesday, 20 Jun]")
The Trump-Kim Summit has started to reshape the US-North Korea relations and changed the political calculus for many countries in the region and beyond. Young China Watchers (Singapore) and Pacific Forum Young Leaders Program (Singapore) are co-organising a panel discussion