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 – Karim Sadjadpour, Carnegie Endowment

Karim Sadjadpour is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment. He joined Carnegie after four years as the chief Iran analyst at the International Crisis Group based in Washington and Tehran, where he conducted dozens of interviews with senior Iranian

Beijing – ‘How the Rise of China is Changing Global Business’ with James McGregor, APCO, and author of ‘One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China’

James McGregor is a senior counselor for APCO, author of the bestselling book ‘One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China’ and a veteran reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Prior to joining APCO, he

Beijing – ‘Down on the Farm with StanChart: How Land Reform is Changing Rural China’ with Stephen Green, Standard Chartered

Stephen Green is Head of Greater China Research at Standard Chartered Bank. Prior to StanChart, Stephen was Head of the Asia Programme at London’s Chatham House. Stephen has a Ph.D. from LSE and completed undergraduate studies at Cambridge University. He

Shanghai – ‘China’s Flash Urbanization: The Race between Eco-Hope and Eco-Hazard’ with Neville Mars, Dynamic City Foundation

Neville Mars is Chief Architect for MARS Architects and founder of the Dynamic City Foundation. He is author of ‘The Chinese Dream: A Society Under Construction’, and has an interest in the unfulfilled promise of environmental sustainability in China’s urbanization

Beijing – ‘The Men Behind the Masks: Elite Politics in China Today’ with Kate Westgarth, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Kate Westgarth is a career diplomat, and has spent over ten years in China. She was previously Team Leader for the China Coordination Team at the UK Foreign Office, and a Visiting Scholar at the Academy of Marxism, under the

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