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.

Beijing – ‘How New is the Silk Road Economic Belt?’ with Raffaello Pantucci, Senior Research Fellow, RUSI

Raffaello Pantucci is a Senior Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a London based think tank where his work looks at, among other things, China‘s relations to the West. His work has been featured in pubications like

Shanghai – ‘Unnatural Selection: Gender Imbalance in China and Beyond’ with Mara Hvistendahl, Pulitzer Prize Finalist

Mara Hvistendahl is a Shanghai-based author and contributing editor with Science Magazine and a contributor to publications ranging from The Atlantic to The Wall Street Journal. She is also author of Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a

Shanghai – ‘U.S.-China Relations in the Internet Age’ with David Wertime and Rachel Lu, Tea Leaf Nation

David Wertime is a Senior Editor at Foreign Policy. He has discussed Chinese media and U.S.-China relations on outlets including BBC television, Al Jazeera English television, Public Radio International, and Voice of America, and spoken before audiences that include the U.S.-China

Shanghai – ‘Myth-Busting China’s Numbers’ with Matthew Crabbe, Mintel Group

Matthew Crabbe is Research Director for Mintel in Asia-Pacific, and co-founder of the research company Access Asia (acquired by Mintel). Crabbe has worked exhaustively on trying to make sense of the myriad contradictions in China’s economics and statistics, and he takes

Beijing – ‘The Future of Publishing in China’ with Jo Lusby, Penguin Group

Jo Lusby is Managing Director of Penguin North Asia. She joined the company in 2005 to establish Penguin’s China operation. Today, the company employs 30 people around the region, where Penguin acquires books for English language publication, establishes local language publishing partnerships, and imports