![Washington D.C. – Assessing Evolving Challenges in the Asia-Pacific and U.S. Policy in the Region with Randy Schriver [Monday, August 21]](http://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Randy_Schriver_Photo.jpg "Washington D.C. – Assessing Evolving Challenges in the Asia-Pacific and U.S. Policy in the Region with Randy Schriver [Monday, August 21]")
In November, President Trump will embark on his first visit to the Asia-Pacific region to attend the U.S.-ASEAN summit, the East Asia summit, and the APEC summit. U.S. interests and partnerships in the region are under increasing pressure and face
![Singapore – RMB INTERNATIONALIZATION – A CRITICAL ANALYSIS with Professor Gunter Dufey [Thursday, August 17]](http://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/gunter.jpg "Singapore – RMB INTERNATIONALIZATION – A CRITICAL ANALYSIS with Professor Gunter Dufey [Thursday, August 17]")
The presentation begins with an analysis of the demand and supply of currencies used by transactors. What motivates individuals and businesses to use a currency other than their own? If businesses in Singapore and Indonesia cannot agree on using SGD
![San Francisco – China’s Banking Transformation: The Untold Story with James Stent [Wed, July 19]](http://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/jamesstent_01-750x350.png "San Francisco – China’s Banking Transformation: The Untold Story with James Stent [Wed, July 19]")
James Stent, who spoke at YCW’s New York chapter earlier this year, joined our members here in San Francisco for an evening to discuss the forces behind China’s banking transformation. For some time, experts have been predicting the impending collapse of
![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