YCW launched its second chapter in Shanghai in 2010. As China's financial capital, YCW Shanghai has tapped many experts covering China's economy and financial sector, as well as urbanization. Our speakers have included:

- Jonathan Woetzel, Director of McKinsey & Company, Director of the McKinsey Global Institute in Asia and Co-Chair Urban China Initiative
- Shen Dingli, Vice Dean of the Institute of International Affairs of Fudan University
- The Honorable Ken Jarrett, former US Consul General in Shanghai

YCW Shanghai has co-sponsored many of its events with the Hopkins China Forum, organized by The Johns Hopkins University and its affiliated alumni associations worldwide. Our partner has brought in visiting professors from leading policy graduate program, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins.

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Shanghai – ‘Ruling China From Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jingping’ with David Lampton, Johns Hopkins SAIS

David M. Lampton is Hyman Professor and Director China Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, having also served as Dean of Faculty from 2004-2012. Formerly President of the National Committee on United States-China Relations, he is

Shanghai – Dinner with Kerry Brown, Executive Director of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney

Kerry Brown is on the Board of Advisors for Young China Watchers (YCW). Kerry Brown is Executive Director of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney,and Professor of Chinese Politics. He was previously Head of the Asia Programme at Chatham House.

Shanghai – ‘China’s Soft Power in the Global South’ with Professor Adam Webb, Hopkins Nanjing Centre

Adam Webb is Resident Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University’s Hopkins-Nanjing Centre. He received his AB in Social Studies from Harvard and his PhD in Politics from Princeton. He was also a Visiting Scholar at the American Academy

Shanghai – ‘Sino-Latin American Energy Ties’ with Professors Francisco Gonzalez (Johns Hopkins SAIS) and Matthew Ferchen (Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy)

Dr. Francisco González is the Riordan Roett Senior Associate Professor of Latin American Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). His research interests include the political economy of Latin America, global and regional energy issues,

Shanghai – ‘Ancient Chinese Thought and Modern American Life’ with Sam Crane, Chair and Professor of Political Science at Williams College

Sam Crane is Chair of the Political Science Department at Williams College, where he teachers Chinese Politics and Ancient Chinese Philosophy. He completed his Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and taught at Georgetown University and The Hopkins-