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.
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.
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.
Kai-Fu Lee, author of the new book “AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order,” speaks to YCW about global trends in AI, data protection, and misconceptions about technology in China.
![New York – Dinner discussion: Jason Pau, Senior director at Alibaba and Chief of Staff International to Mr Jack Ma with Jason Pau [Tuesday, September 25]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/J_Pau1.jpeg "New York – Dinner discussion: Jason Pau, Senior director at Alibaba and Chief of Staff International to Mr Jack Ma with Jason Pau [Tuesday, September 25]")
Alibaba, one of China’s tech giants, established and transformed e-commerce and mobile payments in a previously cash-based society in well under a decade. It is now branching out into many more initiatives and markets overseas that potentially sets the stage
![New York – YCW NY: Zak Dychtwald – “Jiu Ling Hou: Exploring the Lives of Chinese Millennials ” (Tue, Aug 7th ) with Zak Dychtwald [Tuesday, August 07]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/zak_pic1-686x350.jpg "New York – YCW NY: Zak Dychtwald – “Jiu Ling Hou: Exploring the Lives of Chinese Millennials ” (Tue, Aug 7th ) with Zak Dychtwald [Tuesday, August 07]")
China’s Jiu Ling Hou or Post-90’s generation is sometimes referred to as the Net-generation, Me-generation, or Strawberry Generation for their inability to bear hardship or “eat bitterness.” In this conversation with Zak Dychtwald, millennial and author of Young China, Zak
![New York – NY: Julian Gewirtz – “Searching for Ideas to Remake a Nation” (Tue, July 10th ) with Julian Gewirtz [Tuesday, July 10]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/julian_gewirtz1.png "New York – NY: Julian Gewirtz – “Searching for Ideas to Remake a Nation” (Tue, July 10th ) with Julian Gewirtz [Tuesday, July 10]")
Join Young China Watchers in marking the 40th anniversary of “reform and opening,” with Julian Gewirtz. We’ll sit down to dinner with Julian to hear insights from and discuss his book, Unlikely Partners: Chinese Reformers, Western Economists, and the Making
![New York – [YCW NY] Carl Minzner: “The End of China’s Reform Era” (Mon, Apr 23) with Carl Minzner [Monday, April 23]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/c_minzer_240x2401.jpg "New York – [YCW NY] Carl Minzner: “The End of China’s Reform Era” (Mon, Apr 23) with Carl Minzner [Monday, April 23]")
China abolished term limits for the presidency in March 2018. Carl Minzner, professor of law at Fordham University, argues that this is only the latest in a long range of steps in the end of China’s reform era. YCW NY