Shen Dingli is Professor of International Relations at Fudan University’s Institute of International Studies / Center for American Studies. He co-founded and directs China’s first non-government based program on Arms Control and Regional Studies at Fudan. His research and publications

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 – ‘Place Your Bets: China in 2013’ with Andy Rothman, CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets
Andy Rothman has a wealth of knowledge of China’s economic policies, politics, and history after seventeen years in the U.S. Foreign Service and more than twenty years of working in China. Now based in Shanghai, Rothman has been China Macro
Shanghai – ‘What Will China’s Next Decade’. Kerry Brown, University Of Sydney
Kerry Brown is Executive Director of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and Professor of Chinese Politics. Educated at Cambridge, London and Leeds Universities, Professor Brown worked in Japan and the Inner Mongolian region of China, before
Shanghai – ‘Is The China Growth Story Finished?’ with Patrick Chovanec, Associate Professor at Tsinghua University
Patrick Chovanec is an Associate Professor of Practice at Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management in Beijing, China, where he teaches in the school’s International MBA Program. He serves as Chairman of the Public Policy Development Committee for the
Shanghai – ‘China’s Changing Megacities’ with Daan Roggeveen and Duncan Hewitt
Daan Roggeveen is a Shanghai-based architect who, along with journalist Michiel Hulsh, founded the Go West Project, a multidisciplinary research and design studio focusing on the development of emerging megacities. The studio is deeply interested in urban cultures and aims