Common perceptions that China allegedly has overwhelming political and economic leverage over North Korea are not able to explain why three successive Kim regimes had been able to defy Chinese pressure to cease provocations or denuclearize. This talk aims to
![Shanghai: Towards a Sustainable Food Future: Feeding China’s Urban Billion [Tuesday, December 4]](http://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Peggy-Liu-344x350.png "Shanghai: Towards a Sustainable Food Future: Feeding China’s Urban Billion [Tuesday, December 4]")
China is grappling with a daunting conundrum: how to feed nearly one-fifth of the world’s population with less than one-tenth of its farmland. China’s 1.4 billion people are building up an appetite that is changing the way the world grows
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,
![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 /