London – Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China with Leta Hong Fincher [Monday, October 08]

Feminism poses the greatest threat to China’s authoritarian regime. That is the central argument of journalist and scholar Leta Hong Fincher in her new book Betraying Big Brother. The feminist movement in China has been spearheaded by five activists who

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]

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]

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]

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