YCW is recruiting professionals from the network to join London’s inaugural YCW Mentorship programme as mentors, in partnership with KCL, SOAS and LSE. Please apply by July 18.
Apply: Call for YCW London Mentor Applications – Deadline July 18
Lau-YCW Essay Competition – How Will China Change the World? Building Bridges with Bad Debt
YCW recently partnered with the Lau China Institute at King’s College London to launch an essay competition on the topic: “How will China change the world?” One of the runners-up, Matthew Phan, delivered a comprehensive analysis of China’s economic growth and its impact on current thinking about trajectories of development.
Lau-YCW Essay Competition Winner – China’s Water Footprint: An Example for Future Policymakers
Announcing the winner of the inaugural Lau-YCW essay competition… Lauren Dickey! Lauren submitted an impassioned essay on China’s water security, tracing the growing water crisis from Mao Zedong’s post-1949 development projects to Zhongnanhai’s “sponge city” pilot program. She makes a compelling case for how China’s response to water scarcity will change the world, arguing, “China’s partners and friends can learn from Beijing’s mistakes. But it is the success stories that others will emulate.”
News – The First Year of Our CTC-YCW Mentorship Program
The 2015/2016 CTC-YCW Mentorship Program revolved around regular meetings between mentors and mentees. The pairs met about six times over the program, and conversations broadly centered on career aspirations, job hunting techniques, facilitating introductions, and discussion of China-related policy themes. One mentor
Jobs – Mentors, CTC-YCW Mentorship Program 2016/2017
YCW in partnership with the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, is delighted to recruit our second cohort of Beijing-based mentors for Carnegie-Tsinghua interns. The program runs from October 2016 – June 2017. Please apply by Friday 16 September 2016.