Beijing-based creative director Beatrice Leanza tells us about urban design in China and community-driven initiatives to preserve historic neighborhoods in the capital.
Featured Young China Watcher – Beatrice Leanza: Creative Director, B/Side Design
Voices on China – Dr Jane Golley: Acting Director, Australian Centre on China in the World at the ANU
Dr. Jane Golley discusses the theme of this year’s China Story Yearbook, prosperity, and the opposition of Western countries to China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
Partner Post – Podcast Interview: Jessica Batke, Senior Editor at ChinaFile
In the latest MERICS expert podcast, Jessica Batke tracks the experiences with China’s law on NGOs, introduced in early 2017, and says that no NGO is known to have left China so far.
Speaker Interview – Lance Noble: Senior Thematic Policy Analyst, Gavekal Dragonomics
Lance Noble discusses how Made in China 2025 is reshaping China’s technology manufacturing landscape.
Speaker Interview – Dr. Alessandro Arduino, Co-Director of the Security and Crisis Management Program, Shanghai Academy of Social Science
Dr. Alessandro Arduino tells YCW about the role of private security companies in China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the security hotspots on the horizon, and his new book, “China’s Private Army: Protecting the New Silk Road.”