San Francisco – Cross-Strait Dilemmas: U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations in an Age of Evolving Identities with Syaru Shirley Lin, Harry Harding [Monday, October 17]

On October 17th, YCW San Francisco hosted an invigorating round table discussion led by Professor Syaru Shirley Lin of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Professor Harry Harding of the University of Virginia on the challenges facing China, the

Hong Kong – Panel Discussion: A New Era for Hong Kong Politics? with Jason Y. Ng, Sebastian Veg, Alan Wong [Jason Y. Ng, Sebastian Veg and Alan Wong]

Hong Kong has had quite a month. Record numbers of voters made their voices heard through the ballot box to install a generation of new faces to its Legislative Council. Oneof the newly elected Legco members was a prominent leader

Brussels – China’s role in Africa: screening of ‘King Cobra and the Dragon’ with Solange Guo Chatelard [Tuesday, September 20]

Thousands of Chinese have settled in Zambia and opened businesses, but relations have not always run smoothly. As China increases its economic ties in Africa, has the continent entered a new era of colonialism? Chatelard will present her landmark television

San Francisco – TPP, China and the Future of Trade in Asia with Vinod Aggarwal [Wednesday, September 14]

On September 14, Young China Watchers San Francisco hosted Vinnie Aggarwal, esteemed trade expert Vinnie Aggarwal. Dr. Aggarwal spoke about the Trans-Pacific Partnership; its viability; and its potential impact on U.S.-China relations. Vinod (Vinnie) Aggarwal is Travers Family Senior Faculty Fellow

Singapore – China’s Low-Carbon Transition with Philip Andrews-Speed [Tuesday, August 30]

Philip will discuss how the wider political economy of China’s energy sector provides constraints and opportunities for the country to accelerate its transition to a low-carbon energy economy. He will draw on ideas relating to institutionalism – namely the formal