![Brussels – China and Russia: An Eastern Partnership in the Making? with Michal Makocki, Nicu Popescu [Michal Makocki and Nicu Popescu]](http://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/michalm_01-750x350.png "Brussels – China and Russia: An Eastern Partnership in the Making? with Michal Makocki, Nicu Popescu [Michal Makocki and Nicu Popescu]")
On the surface, Sino–Russian cooperation have been intensifying in recent years. What provides the impetus for these ties and can they endure? We’ll look at what’s new in this relationship between China and Russia and address areas of convergence and
![Brussels – The making of Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel with Maria Byrne [Tuesday, April 11]](http://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/mariabyrne_01-749x350.png "Brussels – The making of Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel with Maria Byrne [Tuesday, April 11]")
Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel is a 5-part podcast series about the murder of British businessman, Neil Heywood, by Gu Kailai, the wife of top Chinese politician Bo Xilai. It’s a tangled tale of business, Communist Party princelings, sex
![Singapore – China & Private Equity Investing in Emerging Markets
with Professor Roger Leeds [Wednesday, June 07]](http://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/roger_leeds.jpg "Singapore – China & Private Equity Investing in Emerging Markets
with Professor Roger Leeds [Wednesday, June 07]")
Professor Roger Leeds is the Director of the Center for International Business and Public Policy at Johns Hopkins SAIS. Among others things, Prof Leeds will be speaking about China-specific topics covered in his recently published book, “Private Equity Investing in
![London – YCW London: Turning point in China-North Korea Relations? (22nd May, Monday, 6.30 pm, at RUSI) with Andrea Berger, Paul French [Andrea Berger and Paul French]](http://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/unnamed.jpg "London – YCW London: Turning point in China-North Korea Relations? (22nd May, Monday, 6.30 pm, at RUSI) with Andrea Berger, Paul French [Andrea Berger and Paul French]")
In China, ties with North Korea have traditionally been referred to as “close as lips and teeth.” But with North Korea recently dropping the word “friendly” in describing China as “neighbour”, tension between the two allies is building. Beijing has
![Berlin – Lunchtalk: The China Story – a Case of Fake History? with Frank Dikötter [Tuesday, May 16]](http://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fd-644x350.jpeg "Berlin – Lunchtalk: The China Story – a Case of Fake History? with Frank Dikötter [Tuesday, May 16]")
An old communist joke has it that Marxists can tell the future but find the past more difficult to predict. One-party states constantly rewrite their own history, if only because it legitimises the present. Frank Dikötter will discuss one of