![New York – Cross-Strait Dilemmas: U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations in an Age of Evolving Identities with Syaru Shirley Lin [Monday, February 20]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/shirley_01-614x350.png "New York – Cross-Strait Dilemmas: U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations in an Age of Evolving Identities with Syaru Shirley Lin [Monday, February 20]")
We invite you to join us for an invigorating round table discussion over casual drinks, led by Professor Syaru Shirley Lin of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the challenges facing China, the U.S., and Taiwan in managing their
![Hong Kong – China in the Year of the Rooster with Seen-Meng Chew, Susan Finder, Hak-yin Li [Seen-Meng Chew, Susan Finder and Hak-yin Li]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/241f1e9.jpg "Hong Kong – China in the Year of the Rooster with Seen-Meng Chew, Susan Finder, Hak-yin Li [Seen-Meng Chew, Susan Finder and Hak-yin Li]")
What’s in store for China in the year of the Rooster? We’re delighted to have Seen-Meng Chew, vice-president at J.P. Morgan; Susan Finder, founder of the Supreme People’s Court Monitor and Hak-yin Li, lecturer on government and public administration at
![London – YCW London: Lau-YCW Essay Competition Winners Presentations & CNY Drinks with Kerry Brown [Friday, February 17]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/kerrybrown_150x150.jpg "London – YCW London: Lau-YCW Essay Competition Winners Presentations & CNY Drinks with Kerry Brown [Friday, February 17]")
YCW London is delighted to announce our first event of 2017, in which we will be hosting the winners of the inaugural Lau-YCW Institute Essay Competition. The winning submission by Lauren Dickey, a PhD Candidate in War Studies at King’s
![Berlin – Social Development in China: Discussing the Phenomenon of Queer Families with Popo Fan [Tuesday, February 07]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/popo-400x350.jpeg "Berlin – Social Development in China: Discussing the Phenomenon of Queer Families with Popo Fan [Tuesday, February 07]")
In recent years, attitudes towards family structures have changed quite dramatically in China. Despite government censorship, the LGBTQ community is becoming increasingly visible and outspoken. For several years as a film maker, Popo Fan has been interviewing people regarding their
![Singapore – Young China Hand: Author Presentation with Matt Huang and Grace Hsu [Thursday, February 02]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/YCH-333x350.jpg "Singapore – Young China Hand: Author Presentation with Matt Huang and Grace Hsu [Thursday, February 02]")
Recently featured in the Straits Times, Young China Hand is a thriller about a crisis-era clash between Western wits, Chinese princeling-linked financiers and Peking duck farmers. Inspired by true events and experiences between 2008 and 2013, Young China Hand combines