YOUNG CHINA WATCHERS: FOSTERING THE NEXT GENERATION OF CHINA THOUGHT-LEADERS

Through our 10 chapters in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, London, New York, San Francisco, Berlin, Singapore, Brussels, and Washington DC, YCW engages individuals on the most pressing issues emerging from China today.

CREATING DIALOGUE ABOUT CHINA THROUGH OUR GLOBAL SPEAKER SERIES

YCW attracts leading experts on China from academic, policy and business communities to speak across our city chapters in Asia, Europe and the U.S.

ENGAGING YCW COMMUNITIES AND BUILDING NETWORKS

YCW hosts roundtables and dinners with visiting experts and delegations, allowing for more focused interaction and discussions on the latest key issues. Our growing online community features diverse analysis by established and emerging experts, connecting with our members around the world.

Shanghai – ‘Shadow Banking Crisis in China’ with Paul Armstrong-Taylor, The Hopkins-Nanjing Centre, SAIS

Paul Armstrong-Taylor is currently Professor of Economics at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, the China campus of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Before coming to the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, he was a Visiting Professor of Economics and Finance at Shanghai Jiaotong University. He

Hong Kong – ‘Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea’ with Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times

Barbara Demick is Beijing bureau chief of the Los Angeles Times and has been interviewing North Koreans about their lives since 2001, when she moved to Seoul to report for the Los Angeles Times. Her reporting on North Korea won the Overseas Press Club award for

Shanghai – Dinner with Allen Lynch, Author of ‘Vladimir Putin and Russian Statecraft’ and Professor at University of Virginia

Allen Lynch is Professor at the Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics at the University of Virginia, where he teaches international relations and Russian studies. He has served as the Director of Research at the University’s Center for International Studies, Director of the

Shanghai – ‘China’s New Economic Diplomacy’ with Zhang Xiaotong, Executive Director of Centre for Economic Diplomacy, Wuhan University

Dr. Zhang Xiaotong is the Executive Director of Wuhan University Centre for Economic Diplomacy, and Associate Professor of the School of Political Science and Public Administration at Wuhan University. He previously worked at the U.S. Desk of China’s Ministry of Commerce

Hong Kong – ‘The Chief Executive Election and Democratic Rights in Hong Kong’ with Michael Davis, University of Hong Kong

Professor Michael C. Davis is a core founding member of both the Article 23 and 45 concern groups, and has served as an adviser to such Hong Kong based groups as International Chamber of Commerce, the Asian Human Rights Commission,

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