![Hong Kong – The Hidden World of Activist Investing in Hong Kong with Frank Wong [Wednesday, November 23]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_2368-592x350.jpg "Hong Kong – The Hidden World of Activist Investing in Hong Kong with Frank Wong [Wednesday, November 23]")
Activist investing – the practice of buying a significant minority stake in a company before launching a public campaign for management to rapidly alter its strategy or board – is generally associated with the United States. As investors become more
![Brussels – The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century with Stein Ringen [Wednesday, November 16]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/stein_ringen.jpg "Brussels – The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century with Stein Ringen [Wednesday, November 16]")
The Chinese political economy is like no other system, now or in history. Under the leadership of Xi Jinping, the system of government has been transformed into a new regime, radically harder than the legacy of Deng Xiaoping. Stein Ringen
![London – YCW London: The Political Economy of China’s Technological Development with Douglas B. Fuller [Tuesday, November 15]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Douglas_Fuller2.png "London – YCW London: The Political Economy of China’s Technological Development with Douglas B. Fuller [Tuesday, November 15]")
China presents us with a conundrum. How has a developing country with a spectacularly inefficient financial system, coupled with asset-destroying state-owned firms, managed to create a number of vibrant high-tech firms? China’s domestic financial system fails most private firms by
![Beijing – Obama’s Former Top Trade Rep to Discuss the New Administration’s Approach to US-China relations with Claire Reade [Tuesday, November 15]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/clairereade-e1483818764570.jpg "Beijing – Obama’s Former Top Trade Rep to Discuss the New Administration’s Approach to US-China relations with Claire Reade [Tuesday, November 15]")
Less than a week after the US Presidential election, Claire will discuss trends and challenges in the new administration’s approach to US-China relations, especially in terms of trade ties. We invite Claire Reade, former Assistant US Trade Representative for China