![Shanghai – Chinese Infrastructure: The New Global Standard? with Jonathan Woetzel [Monday, January 23]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jonathanwoetzel.jpeg "Shanghai – Chinese Infrastructure: The New Global Standard? with Jonathan Woetzel [Monday, January 23]")
Dr. Jonathan Woetzel, Director of the McKinsey Global Institute will evaluate the infrastrucutre outlook n China and China’s stamp on global infrastructure projects. This can be seen through China’s 13th Five Year Plan, the One Belt One Road Initiative and
![Brussels – From lips and teeth: China’s current relationship with North Korea
with Glyn Ford [Thursday, December 08]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/glynford_01-750x350.png "Brussels – From lips and teeth: China’s current relationship with North Korea
with Glyn Ford [Thursday, December 08]")
North Korea’s behaviour is a problem for China and their bilateral relations have soured over recent years. After North Korea’s fifth nuclear test in early September, what role does China play in managing relations with its secretive and isolated neighbour?
![Berlin – Book presentations: ‘The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century’ and ‘Post-Western World: How Emerging Powers Are Remaking Global Order’ with Stein Ringen, Oliver Stuenkel [Stein Ringen and Oliver Stuenkel]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/stein_ringen1.jpg "Berlin – Book presentations: ‘The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century’ and ‘Post-Western World: How Emerging Powers Are Remaking Global Order’ with Stein Ringen, Oliver Stuenkel [Stein Ringen and Oliver Stuenkel]")
Stein Ringen presents his book ‘The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century’. The Chinese political economy is like no other system known to man, now or in history. This book explains how the system works and where it may
![London – China In An Unstable World with Stephen King [Monday, December 12]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Stephen_king_hsbc.jpg "London – China In An Unstable World with Stephen King [Monday, December 12]")
Following Donald Trump’s victory and the UK’s Brexit vote, the western world is facing significant political upheaval. As the politics of protectionism and isolationism return, how will China safeguard its own future? With Trump having announced he will pull the
![Hong Kong – The Trump Administration: Economic and Regional Security implications for China with Andrew Tilton, Alasdair Share [Andrew Tilton and Alasdair Share]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/andrewtilton.jpg "Hong Kong – The Trump Administration: Economic and Regional Security implications for China with Andrew Tilton, Alasdair Share [Andrew Tilton and Alasdair Share]")
Donald Trump’s success in the United States presidential race has the potential to shift economic and geopolitical dynamics in Asia, with the US relationship with China being a key driver of this shift. The status quo on trade relations, currency,