Lance Noble discusses how Made in China 2025 is reshaping China’s technology manufacturing landscape.
Speaker Interview – Lance Noble: Senior Thematic Policy Analyst, Gavekal Dragonomics
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.”
Featured Young China Watcher – Mohammed Al-Sudairi: Research Fellow and Head of Asian Studies, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies
Mohammed Al-Sudairi outlines the warming Sino-Saudi relationship, the role of the Gulf Region on the Belt and Road, and the importance of sensitivity to ideologies when conducting research on China.
Featured Young China Watchers – Elaine Chow and Jessica Colwell: Hosts, “In the Name of the Podcast”
Elaine Chow and Jessica Colwell, hosts of a podcast tracking the hit Chinese TV show “In the Name of the People” (人民的名义), talk to YCW about how corruption is portrayed in Chinese media and the challenges of being a journalist in China.
Voices on China – Molly Des Jardin and Brian Vivier: University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Librarians at University of Pennsylvania are using optical character recognition (OCR) to build a text corpus of Chinese-character documents from the early 20th century. YCW talks to Molly Des Jardin and Brian Vivier about their goals and challenges.