Launched in early 2015, San Francisco was established as the second branch of Young China Watchers in the United States. Strategically located next to Silicon Valley and some of the world's leading universities, YCW San Francisco attracts a diverse and highly engaged group of China-interested scholars, students, and professionals. Since its founding, YCW SF has hosted esteemed names such as:
- Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at Asia Society
- Francis Fukuyama, Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University
- John Pomfret, The Washington Post
- Susan Shirk, Chair, 21st Century Project at University of California, San Diego
- Tom Fingar, Shorenstein APARC Fellow at Stanford University
- Harry Harding, Dean, Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia
- Shirley Lin, Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Virginia
- Vinod Aggarwal, Director of the APEC Study Center at University of California, Berkeley
- Andy Rothman, Investment Strategist, Matthews Asia
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![San Francisco – History and Future of US-China Relations with John Pomfret and Peter Schwartz [Wednesday, September 5]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/YCW2-750x350.jpg "San Francisco – History and Future of US-China Relations with John Pomfret and Peter Schwartz [Wednesday, September 5]")
On September 5, 2018, YCW San Francisco hosted John Pomfret and Peter Schwartz for a dynamic conversation on both the history and future of US-China relations entitled “Understanding China through the History of US-China Relations since 1776.” John Pomfret is
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
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
![San Francisco – China’s Banking Transformation: The Untold Story with James Stent [Wed, July 19]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/jamesstent_01-750x350.png "San Francisco – China’s Banking Transformation: The Untold Story with James Stent [Wed, July 19]")
James Stent, who spoke at YCW’s New York chapter earlier this year, joined our members here in San Francisco for an evening to discuss the forces behind China’s banking transformation. For some time, experts have been predicting the impending collapse of
More than 15 San Francisco YCW members gathered for an intimate evening with foreign policy expert Dr. Graham Allison, Director of Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Dr. Allison led members in a discussion of the prospects for