YCW San Francisco was happy to host Andy Rothman from Matthews Asia on Wednesday, October 4 for a lively talk moderated by Leslie Hook from the Financial Times. Exploring the question of whether or not Xi Jinping is a “reformer
![Singapore – Fireside Chat with Managing Partner of Quest Ventures with James Tan [Tuesday, September 26]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/James_Tan_500x500-500x350.png "Singapore – Fireside Chat with Managing Partner of Quest Ventures with James Tan [Tuesday, September 26]")
James Tan is the first Singaporean founder and C-level executive of a public-listed China internet company. How was the internet scene in China like in the late 2000s? What were the challenges and opportunities he encountered as they grew from
YCW San Francisco was happy to co-sponsor a luncheon on Sept 18th featuring David Rank, the former acting US Ambassador to China who resigned from the US foreign service in the aftermath of the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Paris
![Brussels – Dinner discussion with the EU Chamber of Commerce in China Patrick Horgan and Mats Harborn [Wed, Sep. 27]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/thumb_92_123_Patrick1612.jpg "Brussels – Dinner discussion with the EU Chamber of Commerce in China Patrick Horgan and Mats Harborn [Wed, Sep. 27]")
This talk will open our conversation to a much wider perspective. Starting from the concept that a rising power will cause fear in an established power, Patrick Horgan will broaden our conversation to a much wider perspective. Some of the
![Shanghai: Decoding the India-China Stand-Off In Doklam [September 07, 2017]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/-e1514045741563-750x350.jpg "Shanghai: Decoding the India-China Stand-Off In Doklam [September 07, 2017]")
The stand-off between Chinese and Indian troops in the Doklam area officially ended on August 28. This followed two months of diplomatic lawfare between both governments, coupled with decidedly hostile rhetoric from their respective national media. Although China and India