YCW's Hong Kong chapter was established in 2012 with its inaugural speaker, Dr. Willy Wo-Lap Lam, Adjunct Professor of History and Political Economy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Located in an international financial hub, YCW has garnered a strong pool of members from the financial and services sector, academic and journalist communities. YCW Hong Kong has also hosted prominent experts in law, finance and journalism including:
- Michael C. Davis, professor in the Law Faculty at the University of Hong Kong
- Jason Bedford of UBS on shadow banking in China
- Barbara Demick, the Beijing bureau chief of the Los Angeles Times who spoke on North Korea.
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Professor Michael C. Davis is a core founding member of both the Article 23 and 45 concern groups, and has served as an adviser to such Hong Kong based groups as International Chamber of Commerce, the Asian Human Rights Commission,
Leta Hong Fincher is an American doctoral candidate in Sociology at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Her research on “leftover” women, gender inequality and the property market in China has been cited by many news organizations, including The Economist, New York Times,
Jae Ho CHUNG is a professor of political science and international relations and Director of the Program on US-China Relations at Seoul National University, Korea. He is a graduate of Seoul National University, Brown University, and the University of Michigan
Gordon Mathews is a professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Department of Anthropology, and has done extensive research into the African communities in Guangzhou and Chung King Mansion in Hong Kong. He will be speaking about the low end
Dr. Scott Harold, who will be speaking about the proposed Free Trade Agreement between China, Japan and South Korea. Scott will talk for around 20 minutes, followed by a brief Q&A. Please join us for what is sure to be