HK (Online) – AI in the Corridors of Power: Can Large Language Models Reshape Policy and Diplomacy? (Sept 4)
YCW SG: Benevolence or Tribute – China’s Energy Security, Geopolitics and Investments with Professor Zha Daojiong (School of International Studies and Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development, Peking University) and Monica Sun (Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills, Beijing)
Webinar: Barbara Finamore – What Can the World Learn from China’s Leading Role in Energy and Electric Vehicles?
Singapore/San Francisco – The Significance of the Joint Sessions in the Era of COVID-19 (Sun, 31 May)
London – YCW Climate Series: Pangolin Panic? The Realities of China’s Wildlife Reforms (13 Jun, Sat)
London – YCW Climate Series: Opening Event with Barbara Finamore, Senior Strategic Director for Asia at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
London – Stories of the Chinese diaspora: COVID-19, Chinatowns and political participation (25 Apr, Sat)
Berlin – The Struggle for Democracy in Mainland China. Sharp Power and its Discontents with Dr. Andreas Fulda (Nottingham University) [Friday, November 22, 2019]
Singapore-World War II Flying Tigers – B-25 Bomber pilot Ho Weng Toh looks back at 99 years old (Tues, 22 Oct)
YCW SG-Partners or Rivals? Discussion on New Roles of Japan and China in Southeast Asia (Wed, 24 Jul)
YCW SG-Thirsty Cities: Social Contracts and Public Goods Provision in China and India by Dr. Selina Ho (Wed, 26 Jun)
London – The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China (Thu, 27 Jun)
London – Can businesses and governments continue to rely on China to drive global growth and development? (Mon, 17 Jun)
London – Under Red Skies: The Life and Times of a Chinese Millennial with Karoline Kan (Fri, 31 May)
Berlin – Sino-Greek Romance: What’s Love Got to Do with It? With Plamen Tonchev [Wednesday, May 8, 2019]
Voices on China – Elaine Lynn-Ee Ho: Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow at Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Berlin – Xi Jinping Thought and the return of ideology with Dr. Huong LE THU [Thursday, March 21, 2019]
Singapore-China, From Emigration to Multi-Directional Migration Today by Elaine Lynn-Ee Ho (Wednesday, 27 Mar)
London – The Great Firewall of China: How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet (Friday, 15 March)
San Francisco – Reflections on China’s Digital Sphere with David Wertime, Founder of Tea Leaf Nation
Berlin – Battle of Images: The Sino-Hollywood Courtship with Dr. Ying Zhu [Wednesday, February 13, 2019]
San Francisco – Lunch with Adam Segal, Director of Cybersecurity Policy, Council on Foreign Relations (Monday, Feb 18)
Berlin – Is Germany’s voice heard in China? Public diplomacy and China’s restrictive media environment With Alexander Roth [Thursday, January 31, 2019]
Singapore – Inspirations from the ground: 15 years in Yunnan, China with Dr.Tan Lai Yong (Thu, 24 Jan)
New York: Dinner Discussion with Samm Sacks on China’s cybersecurity and big data governance policy evolution (Thurs, Jan 10)
Singapore – China’s BRI Projects and Its Implications for the Global Economy by Mr. Yaseen Anwar (Wednesday, 19 Dec)
Singapore – Rupture and Reconciliation (破镜重圆): The Curious Relationship Between North Korea and China Under the Three Kims Demystified by Dr. Chiew-Ping HOO (Monday, 26 Nov)
London – Demystifying Blockchain in China and Beyond – A Force of Transformation in the Country’s Digital Economy
Singapore – The Billionaire Raj: India’s rise, and what it means for China? With James Crabtree [Thursday, November 01]
London – Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China with Leta Hong Fincher [Monday, October 08]
New York – Dinner discussion: Jason Pau, Senior director at Alibaba and Chief of Staff International to Mr Jack Ma with Jason Pau [Tuesday, September 25]
New York – YCW NY: Zak Dychtwald – “Jiu Ling Hou: Exploring the Lives of Chinese Millennials ” (Tue, Aug 7th ) with Zak Dychtwald [Tuesday, August 07]
New York – NY: Julian Gewirtz – “Searching for Ideas to Remake a Nation” (Tue, July 10th ) with Julian Gewirtz [Tuesday, July 10]
New York – [YCW NY] Carl Minzner: “The End of China’s Reform Era” (Mon, Apr 23) with Carl Minzner [Monday, April 23]
New York – YCW NY: Kevin Peraino – “Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China” (Tue, March 20th) with Kevin Peraino [Tuesday, March 20]
YCW NY & YCP – MAINELAND: Film Screening & Panel Discussion with Miao Wang, Peggy Blumenthal, Jessie Cao, and Jonathan Landreth
YCW NY: Adam Segal of CFR – “A New Era of Chinese Cybersecurity” (Feb 27th) with Adam Segal [Tuesday, February 27]
New York – Chinese Students in America – A Transformative Force on Campus with Peggy Blumenthal, Isabelle (Muge) Niu, Siqi Tu, Isaac Stone Fish [Peggy Blumenthal, Isabelle (Muge) Niu, Siqi Tu and Isaac Stone Fish]
New York – What Happened When Trump Met Xi? with Orville Schell, Bonnie S. Glaser, Daniel Russel, Susan Jakes [Orville Schell, Bonnie S. Glaser, Daniel Russel and Susan Jakes]
New York – China, Church and the State: The paradox of Xi’s approach to traditional religion with Ian Johnson [Wednesday, October 18]
New York – A Discussion with Susan Jakes, Editor at ChinaFile with Susan Jakes [Wednesday, September 13]
New York – Dinner discussion: US-China Economic Relations: Taking Stock after the first 100 Days with Dan Rosen [Wednesday, July 19]
New York – Dinner Discussion: China and Leaning In – Opportunities Technology Is Creating for Women with Virginia Tan [Friday, May 19]
New York – China, Church and the State: The paradox of Xi’s approach to traditional religion with Ian Johnson [Wednesday, October 18]
San Francisco – Maineland: movie screening and panel featuring Director Miao Wang [Tuesday, October 2]
Singapore – Dinner & Discussion on Renegotiating Asymmetries: What’s New in New Malaysia’s China Policy? with Dr. KUIK Cheng-Chwee, Ph.D. with Dr. Kuik Cheng-Chwee [Wednesday, October 03]
Shanghai – Understanding China’s Social Credit System: Vision and State of Implementation with Mareike Ohlberg [Thursday, September 20]
San Francisco – History and Future of US-China Relations with John Pomfret and Peter Schwartz [Wednesday, September 5]
Brussels – YCW Brussels: “Matching knowledge with opportunities: how to do business in different Chinese regions” (Tue, Sep 25) with Carlo D’Andrea, Marine Chen, Jacob Gunter [Carlo D’Andrea, Marine Chen and Jacob Gunter]
Shanghai – The Future of China’s Travel Industry: Hot tubs and Bar Streets? with Brian Linden [Monday, September 17]
Berlin – China’s View of a Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and European Defense Integration: Supportive, Opposed, or Indifferent? With Scott Harold [August 29, 2018]
Singapore – Fireside Chat with Foo Jixun, Managing Director, GGV Capital – 20 Years of Business and Entrepreneurship in China with Foo Jixun [Thursday, August 16]
Singapore – AI Research in China: Trends and Implications for Business and Geopolitics by Mr. Salman Jaffer [Wednesday, July 25]
Berlin – Present and future state of Cross-Strait relations with Prof. Dr. Jhy-Wey Shieh, Representative of Taiwan [Thursday, July 26, 2018]
Washington D.C. – Fifty Years of the United States and China with the Freeman Family with Chas Freeman, Carla Freeman, Charles Freeman III [Chas Freeman, Carla Freeman and Charles Freeman III]
Singapore – China’s Open Door Policy 40th Anniversary (Panel Discussion) with Keith Zhai, Zhao Litao, Qian Jiwei, Judith Huang [Wednesday, July 11]
London – Changing perceptions of Chinese cuisine & the relationship between gastronomy and soft power with Alan Yau [Tuesday, July 03]
Singapore – Singapore Summit: Trump’s Triumph or Kim’s Win? (Panel Discussion) with Harry Sa, Shawn Ho, Keith Zhai, Bae Dae Yeon [Wednesday, 20 Jun]
Beijing – Panel Discussion: “Women on China” with Joanna Chiu, Yajun Zhang, Biyi Feng [Joanna Chiu, Yajun Zhang and Biyi Feng]
Singapore – CHANGING CHINA: THE DEFINING YEARS with How Hwee Young, Chua Chin Hon [Thursday, 21 Jun]
London – YCW LN: Capturing the Momentum of China’s Healthcare Revolution with Dr. Edward Fitzgerald, Bin (William) Xu, Andrew Cooke [Dr. Edward Fitzgerald, Bin (William) Xu and Andrew Cooke]
London – YCW LN: In Conversation with the CEO of South China Morning Post with Gary Liu [Friday, June 15]
Brussels – “China’s Young People: the future through the eyes of China’s youth” with Jörg Endriss, Sonja Maaß, Julian Hermann
Brussels – “China’s financial sector within China’s new growth era” with Alicia Garcia Herrero [Thursday, May 24]
Singapore – How do you plan around China-US Relations when there is no plan? with Prof Tom Plate [Wednesday, May 23]
London – YCW London: “Schooling as soft power?” Panel discussion + Schwarzman Scholars information session (Thu, May 24) with Christian Tanja, Xiaoming Zhu, Andrew Disbury [Christian Tanja, Xiaoming Zhu and Andrew Disbury]
London – YCW LN: Second KCL-YCW Essay Competition Winners’ Presentations with Kerry Brown [Monday, May 21]
London – YCW LN: China’s Great Wall of Debt: A financial journalist’s lessons from 10 years reporting from China with Dinny McMahon [Wednesday, May 09]
Shanghai – Securing the New Silk Road with Raffaello Pantucci, Director of International Security Studies, RUSI [April 26, 2018]
Hong Kong – Our real liquidity crisis: does Asia have enough water? with Debra Tan [Wednesday, April 18]
Singapore – President for Life? Should we be concerned if President Xi has a 3rd, 4th or 5th term? with Chan Heng Wing [Fri, March 23]
Brussels – “Drivers and dynamics of investment between China and Europe: open for business?” with Joanna Huang [Tuesday, April 10]
Washington D.C. – U.S. Policy in China and the Foreign Service with Laura Stone [Wednesday, March 14]
London – YCW London: Leftover in China – The Women Shaping the World’s Next Superpower with Roseann Lake [Friday, March 09]
Brussels – YCW Brussels: Chinese New Year Dinner & Traditional Chinese Medicine (Tuesday, Feb. 20) with Dr. Tao Liling [Tuesday, February 20]
Brussels – Working in China’s film industry and telling new stories with Joan Xu [Wednesday, November 22]
Hong Kong – Startups and the State with Nisa Leung , Kellee S. Tsai [Nisa Leung and Kellee S. Tsai ]
Shanghai – The Artificial Intelligence Race in China and its Economic and Sociotechnical Implications [November 02, 2017]
Singapore – Fireside Chat with Managing Partner of Quest Ventures with James Tan [Tuesday, September 26]
Brussels – Dinner discussion with the EU Chamber of Commerce in China Patrick Horgan and Mats Harborn [Wed, Sep. 27]
Berlin – Do China Experts Matter? A discussion with David Bandurski, co-director of the China Media Project [Wednesday, September 6, 2017]
Washington D.C. – Assessing Evolving Challenges in the Asia-Pacific and U.S. Policy in the Region with Randy Schriver [Monday, August 21]
Singapore – RMB INTERNATIONALIZATION – A CRITICAL ANALYSIS with Professor Gunter Dufey [Thursday, August 17]
Brussels – China and Russia: An Eastern Partnership in the Making? with Michal Makocki, Nicu Popescu [Michal Makocki and Nicu Popescu]
Singapore – China & Private Equity Investing in Emerging Markets with Professor Roger Leeds [Wednesday, June 07]
London – YCW London: Turning point in China-North Korea Relations? (22nd May, Monday, 6.30 pm, at RUSI) with Andrea Berger, Paul French [Andrea Berger and Paul French]
Singapore – China’s Future with Professor David Shambaugh, our venue sponsor: [Professor David Shambaugh and our venue sponsor:]
London – YCW London: Globalization – Made in China? (8th May, Monday) with Duncan Clark [Monday, May 08]
Berlin – Where is Russia’s Pivot to Asia? with Gustav Gressel, Thomas Eder [Gustav Gressel and Thomas Eder]
Berlin – Europe-China Civil Society Cooperation: In Search of Ways Forward with Isabel Hilton, Andreas Fulda, Bertram Lang [Isabel Hilton, Andreas Fulda and Bertram Lang]
Hong Kong – Meet the Authors: La Ruta de la Plata, “The Silver Way” with Peter Gordon, Juan José Morales [Peter Gordon and Juan José Morales]
London – YCW London: A Discussion Of US-Russia-China Relations (Tues, 28th March) with James Miles , Natasha Kuhrt [James Miles and Natasha Kuhrt]
Beijing – The People’s Money: How China Is Building a Global Currency with Paola Subacchi [Thursday, March 16]
Beijing – What does a possible improvement in U.S.-Russia relations mean for China? with Andrew Weiss, Alexander Gabuev, Paul Stronski, Charles Clover [Andrew Weiss, Alexander Gabuev, Paul Stronski and Charles Clover]
Hong Kong – Journalist Panel – Covering China with Jamil Anderlini , Neil Gough , Juliana Liu [Jamil Anderlini , Neil Gough and Juliana Liu ]
London – YCW London: China-Europe Economic Relations After Brexit with John Farnell [Monday, February 27]
San Francisco – Chaos to Crisis? Creating a Coherent U.S. Response to China with Karl Eikenberry, Orville Schell, Susan Shirk [Karl Eikenberry, Orville Schell and Susan Shirk]
New York – Cross-Strait Dilemmas: U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations in an Age of Evolving Identities with Syaru Shirley Lin [Monday, February 20]
Hong Kong – China in the Year of the Rooster with Seen-Meng Chew, Susan Finder, Hak-yin Li [Seen-Meng Chew, Susan Finder and Hak-yin Li]
London – YCW London: Lau-YCW Essay Competition Winners Presentations & CNY Drinks with Kerry Brown [Friday, February 17]
Berlin – Social Development in China: Discussing the Phenomenon of Queer Families with Popo Fan [Tuesday, February 07]
Singapore – Young China Hand: Author Presentation with Matt Huang and Grace Hsu [Thursday, February 02]
Brussels – YCW Brussels: Dumplings & Divination – Chinese New Year Feast with Yu Jiao [Thursday, February 02]
Singapore – Understanding and Securing the Belt and Road: The View From the Ground with Khong Yuen Foong, Raffaello Pantucci [Khong Yuen Foong and Raffaello Pantucci]
Hong Kong – Trump Cements China’s Clean Energy Leadership Position. Now What? with Charles Yonts, Tienyu Sieh [Charles Yonts and Tienyu Sieh ]
New York – What to Expect in China Policy During the First 100 Days of Donald Trump’s Presidency with Dan Rosen, Orville Schell [Dan Rosen and Orville Schell]
Singapore – Little India’ in China: Indian traders in a Chinese Fabric Market with Dr. Ka-Kin Cheuk [Saturday, December 17]
Shanghai – Chinese Infrastructure: The New Global Standard? with Jonathan Woetzel [Monday, January 23]
Brussels – From lips and teeth: China’s current relationship with North Korea with Glyn Ford [Thursday, December 08]
Berlin – Book presentations: ‘The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century’ and ‘Post-Western World: How Emerging Powers Are Remaking Global Order’ with Stein Ringen, Oliver Stuenkel [Stein Ringen and Oliver Stuenkel]
Hong Kong – The Trump Administration: Economic and Regional Security implications for China with Andrew Tilton, Alasdair Share [Andrew Tilton and Alasdair Share]
Brussels – China’s Offensive in Europe: Is there a master plan by China to take over Europe? with Philippe Le Corre [Tuesday, October 18]
Hong Kong – The Hidden World of Activist Investing in Hong Kong with Frank Wong [Wednesday, November 23]
Brussels – The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century with Stein Ringen [Wednesday, November 16]
London – YCW London: The Political Economy of China’s Technological Development with Douglas B. Fuller [Tuesday, November 15]
Beijing – Obama’s Former Top Trade Rep to Discuss the New Administration’s Approach to US-China relations with Claire Reade [Tuesday, November 15]
Beijing – Shakespeare’s Influence on China — past, present and future with Nancy Pellegrini [Tuesday, October 25]
San Francisco – Cross-Strait Dilemmas: U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations in an Age of Evolving Identities with Syaru Shirley Lin, Harry Harding [Monday, October 17]
Hong Kong – Panel Discussion: A New Era for Hong Kong Politics? with Jason Y. Ng, Sebastian Veg, Alan Wong [Jason Y. Ng, Sebastian Veg and Alan Wong]
China’s Surprising New Financial Fragility with Logan Wright, Head of China Markets Research at Rhodium Group
Brussels – China’s role in Africa: screening of ‘King Cobra and the Dragon’ with Solange Guo Chatelard [Tuesday, September 20]
San Francisco – TPP, China and the Future of Trade in Asia with Vinod Aggarwal [Wednesday, September 14]
YCW NY: Aaron Halegua – “A Time of Crisis? Recent Developments in Chinese Labor Relations” (Monday, July 11th)
London – YCW LN Townhall Meeting: Brexit and China with Duncan Innes-Kerr, Agatha Kratz [Duncan Innes-Kerr and Agatha Kratz]
Beijing – Does the Chinese Language even Exist? And Why is it so Damn Hard? with David Moser [Tuesday, July 19]
Hong Kong – Cross-Strait Relations: Taiwan’s China Dilemma and Beijing’s Taiwan Dilemma with Syaru Shirley Lin, Harry Harding [Syaru Shirley Lin and Harry Harding]
Singapore – Media Policy In China Under Xi Jinping with Han Yong Hong, Kathryn Tsibulsky, Peh Shing Huei [July 4]
Brussels – What do we really know about the Chinese leadership? Gossip, guanxi, and guesswork with Jessica Batke [Monday, July 11]
Berlin – The end of non-interference? How the protection of Chinese nationals overseas changes Chinese foreign policy with Mathieu Duchâtel [Thursday, June 30]
Shanghai – Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dream Along a Shanghai Road with Rob Schmitz [Tuesday, June 21]
London – London Society for Chinese Studies Forum: China, Africa, and the G20 with Stephen Chan [Tuesday, June 14]
London – Can China Innovate? A Journey from Imitation to Innovation with Bruce McKern [Wednesday, June 08]
Hong Kong – ‘Going Out’ and ‘Racing to the Bottom’? Business and Human Rights on the Belt & Road with Mimi Zou [Tuesday, May 31]
London – One Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment with Mei Fong [Mei Fong and Fraser Howie]
Hong Kong – Uber – An Insider’s View on the App That Everyone’s Talking About with Hon Ng [Thursday, May 12]
New York – China and Hollywood: Movies as the Calling Card for the American Dream with Jonathan Landreth, Managing Editor at ChinaFile and Editor at China Film Insider
Brussels – Should China Have Market Economy Status? with Reinhard Bütikofer, Luisa Santos [Reinhard Bütikofer and Luisa Santos]
Berlin – ‘Closing Doors For Constructive Dialogue? Changing Dynamics of Interaction Between China and Europe (fishbowl discussion)’ with Jörg Binding, Angela Köckritz, Zhu Yi [Thu, April 14]
Singapore – ‘The Experience of Contemporary Chinese Migrants in Singapore’ with Yang Peidong of Nanyang Technological University
Hong Kong – ‘Has China Passed the Point of No Return?’ with Gordon Chang, author of ‘The Coming Collapse of China’
Beijing – The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election and Its Ramifications For U.S.-China Relations with Senator Robert Hertzberg [Thurs, March 24]
Berlin – ‘China’s Growing Role in the Middle East: New Opportunities for Cooperation with the U.S. and the EU?’, Christina Lin of MERICS
Beijing – ‘The Outlook for China-Russia Energy Ties’, Wang Tao of Carnegie–Tsinghua Center and Alexander Gabuev of Carnegie Moscow Center
Shanghai – ‘RMB Internationalization- Ambition Versus Reality’ with Paul Malpass, HSBC China and Ivan Shi, Z-Ben Advisors
Beijing – ‘China In a Podcast: A Fireside Chat’ with Kaiser Kuo of Baidu and Jeremy Goldkorn of Financial Times
Berlin – ‘Current Challenges in Sino-German Economic Relations’, Friedolin Strack, Managing Director of the Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business
London – ‘The Power of Xi Jinping – A New Augustus?’ with Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute, King’s College, London
Brussels – Chinese New Years Traditions with Tan Xuan 谭轩, EU Relations and Cultural Project Manager, Atlas International Culture
Singapore – ‘How to Tell a Thousand Words’ with How Hwee Young, Chief Photographer for European Pressphoto Agency in Beijing, and Tan Siok Siok, Filmmaker and Entrepreneur
San Francisco – ‘Partners to Save the World, the U.S., China, and Climate Change’ with Craig Hart, Renmin University
Hong Kong – ‘Israel and China: From Silk Road To Innovation Highway’ with Philippe Metoudi, CEO of Duotem Capital Limited
Brussels – ‘Recent Developments in Sino-Japanese Relations’ with Akio Takahara, Professor of Contemporary Chinese Politics at the Graduate School of Law and Politics, University of Tokyo
Beijing – ‘Yes, She Can: How Women Succeed in China’ with Hung Huang, CEO of China Interactive Media Group
London – ‘China and the World Economy – What Now After Another Round of Doom?’ with Danny Quah, Professor of Economics and International Development & Director of the Southeast Asia Centre, LSE
Singapore – ‘Panel Discussion on China’s One Child Policy’ with Mei Fong, Author and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist
Beijing – ‘Cross-Strait Relations and Taiwan’s Upcoming Elections’ with Shelley Rigger, Brown Professor of East Asian Politics and Chair of Chinese Studies and Assistant Dean for Educational Policy at Davidson College
Shanghai – ‘The Future of Sino-Japanese Relations: Eternal Neighbors’ with Dr. Kazuyuki Katayama, Consul General of Japan to Shanghai
Beijing – ‘All the News in China: How Reporting Has Changed in China Over the Last Three Decades’ with Ted Plafker, Beijing Correspondent for The Economist, and Jaime FlorCruz, Former CNN Beijing Bureau Chief
Brussels – ‘Debt in China: A Damocles Sword Over the Future of the Global Economy?’ with Laurent Estachy, Professor in International Finance and Geo-economics at KEDGE Business School, Marseille and Shanghai Campuses
Singapore – ‘China: The Highlights of 2015’ with Susan Jakes, Founding Editor of ChinaFile and Senior Fellow of the Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations
Berlin – ‘Sources of Tension Between Japan and China: Why Historical Perceptions Matter’ with Fumiaki Kubo, A. Barton Hepburn Professor of American Government and History at the University of Tokyo
San Francisco – ‘The United States and China: Same Bed, Different Dreams, Shared Destiny’ with Thomas Fingar, Shorenstein APARC Distinguished Fellow at Stanford University, Former Deputy Director of National Intelligence and Chairman, National Intelligence Council
Hong Kong – ‘After the Parade – China’s Past and Its Future Global Ambitions’ with Rana Mitter, Director of the University China Centre at the University of Oxford and Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China
London – ‘China’s One Belt One Road: Genghis Khan’s Sword or Zheng He’s Porcelain?’ with Miranda Carr, Head of China Thematic Research, Haitong Bank UK, and Agatha Kratz, Associate Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations
Singapore – ‘The Transformation of Rural China’ with Michael Meyer, Assistant Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh
London – ‘Will Africa Feed China? Rumors and Realities’ with Deborah Bräutigam, Director of the International Development Program, SAIS Johns Hopkins
Brussels – ‘Can Chinese Foreign Aid Make Up For Trade Surpluses?’ Dinner with Dan Rosen, Founding Partner of Rhodium Group
Shanghai – ‘From Competition to Confrontation? Maritime Disputes and the China-U.S. Geopolitical Game in East Asia’ with Xin Qiang, Deputy Director for the Institute of American Studies, Fudan University
Brussels Launch – ‘China, Asia and Europe: It’s Getting Complicated’ with Shada Islam, Director of Policy, Friends of Europe
Shanghai – ‘China’s Futures: Chinese Elites on China’s Economy, Politics, and Foreign Policy’ with Daniel Lynch, Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California
London – ‘Why So Much Interest in China-Africa Links?’ with Carlos Oya, Professor at SOAS University of London
Berlin – ‘On Cloud Walking and Reporting from China’ with Angela Köckritz, journalist and former Beijing correspondent of the German weekly DIE ZEIT
London – ‘Reporting in China: Politics, Investigation and Truth’ with Malcolm Moore of the Financial Times and Vincent Ni of the BBC
Singapore – ‘An Assessment of U.S. – China Relations After the State Visit’ with Paul Haenle, Director of the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center
Shanghai – ‘The Present and Future of India-China Relations’ with Tansen Sen, Professor of History at Baruch College, City University of New York
New York – ‘A Clash of Civilizations? China and Global Financial Governance’ with Scott Kennedy, Deputy Director of the Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS
New York – ‘Is China Ready for Global Economic Leadership?’ with Arthur Kroeber, Managing Director of GaveKal Dragonomics
Shanghai – ‘Internet Literature and Publishing Reform in China’ with Michel Hockx, Founding Director of the SOAS China Institute, University of London School of Oriental and Africa Studies
Beijing – ‘US and China: an Evolving Dynamic’ with Evan Medeiros, former Senior Advisor for Asian Affairs for the Obama Administration
Singapore – ‘The Strategic Impact of the Militarisation of the South China Sea’ with Alexander Neill, IISS-Asia Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Asia Pacific
New York – ‘China’s Strong Arm: Protecting Citizens and Assets Abroad’ – Book Discussion with Jonas Parello-Plesner, Diplomat and Scholar
Beijing – ‘Diplomatic Rhetoric: Getting Out of the Trap’ with David Kelly, Research Director, China Policy
Shanghai – ‘China’s Emerging Neo-Statism and its Impact on the Global Political Economy’ with Zhang Junhua, Professor of Political Science, School of International and Public Affairs, Jiaotong University
Shanghai – ‘China’s New Normal and the Business Environment for MNCs’ with Jacob Parker, Director and Chief Representative, U.S.-China Business Council in Shanghai
Hong Kong – ‘Long Live Revolution! As Seen In: Let The Bullets Fly’ with Dr. Kristof van den Troost, MA Deputy Programme Director for the Centre for China Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong
New York – ‘China’s Debt Problem: Bond Swaps, the Bond Market, and Xi Jinping’ with Andrew Collier, Managing Director and Founder, Orient Capital Research
Singapore – ‘Is China’s Boldest Anti-corruption Campaign In Decades A Means To An End Or An End In Itself?’ with Benjamin Lim, Reuters North Asia Specialist Correspondent
London – ‘China’s Youth: Out for Love, Sex or Money?’ With Jemimah Steinfeld, Author and Literature Festival Manager, Asia House
Shanghai: ‘The U.S.-China Economic Relationship: Deepening Partnership’ with William Duff, Chief of the Political and Economic Section, U.S. Consulate in Shanghai
Shanghai – ‘China Real Estate: Excess Supply and Market Outlook’ with David Wong, Chief Economist, Shui On Land and Joe Zhou, Head of Research, Jones Lang LaSalle
Berlin – ‘The AIIB and its implications for Germany and Europe’ with Dr. Hanns Günther Hilpert, Head, Asia Research Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP Berlin)
Introducing YCW Singapore – June 29: ‘The Role of RMB Internationalization in China’s Global Financial Integration’ with Daniel Hui, Head of Emerging Markets Asia Foreign Exchange Strategy, J.P. Morgan
Beijing – ‘Can Growing FDI Flows Be the Ballast in the US-China Relationship?’ with Daniel Rosen, Partner, Rhodium Group
Shanghai – ‘Mobilizing International Investment in a Sustainable Global Environment’ with John Lipsky, Former Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
New York – ‘China’s Environmental Health Crisis: Politics and Challenges’ with Yanzhong Huang, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations
Shanghai – ‘Stiff Competition: The New Normal for Foreign Companies in China’ with Jonathan Woetzel, Senior Partner, McKinsey Global Institute and Jeffrey Towson, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University
Beijing – ‘Early 20th Century Chinese Stock Exchanges in Theory and Practice’ with Professor Bryna Goodman, University of Oregon
London – Dinner Discussion with Jianguan Shen, Managing Director and Chief Economist of Mizuho Securities Asia Limited
Shanghai – ‘China’s One Belt, One Road Strategy: Prospects and Challenges’ with Mary Boyd, Director, Corporate Network Economist Intelligence Unit
Shanghai – ‘Banking in China: From Duplication to Innovation’ with Zennon Kapron, Founder and Managing Director, Kapronasia
Introducing YCW Berlin – April 21: ‘China and the Future of the East Asian Regional Order’ with Volker Stanzel, German Marshall Fund, and Qin Yaqing, China Foreign Affairs University
Shanghai – ‘News You Don’t Know About America — and Its View of China’ with James Fallows, The Atlantic Monthly
London – ‘Inside the Great Firewall: Internet Literature in China’ with Michel Hockx, Director of the SOAS China Institute
Beijing – ‘Markets over Mao: The Rise of Private Business in China’ with Nicholas R. Lardy, Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics
Shanghai – ‘Shanghai Nightscapes: A Nocturnal Biography of a Global City’ with James Farrer, Professor of Sociology, Sophia University and Andrew Field, Associate Dean, Hult International Business School
Beijing – ‘China’s Growing Role in South Asia’ with David Sedney, former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia
Hong Kong – ‘Will the Hai Gui Pai Change China?’ with David Zweig, Director of the Center on China’s Transnational Relations
San Francisco – ‘Political Order and Political Decay: China and the United States’ with Francis Fukuyama, Stanford University (March 19)
Hong Kong – ‘No Asian Century’ with Chandran Nair, Founder and CEO of the Global Institute for Tomorrow
Beijing – ‘Sex and the City: the Economics of “Leftover Women” in China’ with Qian Liu, Economist Intelligence Unit
Hong Kong – ‘The Rise of China’s Energy Giants: A 21st Century Story’ with Tom Deegan, Sidley Austin LLP
Introducing YCW San Francisco – ‘The Burden of Dreams: China’s Search for Wealth and Power’ with Orville Schell, Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations, Asia Society
Shanghai – ‘Zoning Out: The Shanghai Free Trade Zone’ with Jean-Marc Blanchard, School of International and Public Affairs at Jiaotong University
London – ‘China’s Most Secretive Relationship – the China/Pakistan Axis’ with Andrew Small, Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund
New York – ‘After the Fourth Plenum: What Direction for the Rule of Law in China?’ with Carl Minzner, Fordham School of Law
Shanghai – ‘India in Asia: Greater Engagement’ with Walter Anderson, Director of South Asia Studies, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
Shanghai – ‘Shanghai Homes: Private Life, Memories, and Spatial Initmacy’ with Li Jie, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Beijing – ‘Life of Puyi and the End of Imperial Governance of the Forbidden City’ with Lars Ulrik Thom, Beijing Postcards
Hong Kong – ‘China in the Era of Strongman Politics?’ with Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese Politics at the University of Sydney
Shanghai – ‘Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China’ with Leta Hong Fincher, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
London – ‘An Insider’s View of China’s Policy Machine in Tackling Urbanisation’ with Peggy Liu, Chairperson of JUCCCE
Beijing – Debate: China’s Economic Reform Agenda with Qian Liu, The Economist Intelligence Unit, and Andrew Polk, The Conference Board
Shanghai – ‘How Seriously Should We Take Xi Jinping’s Reform Credentials?’ with Duncan Innes-Ker, The Economist Intelligence Unit
Introducing YCW New York – ‘China’s Bolder Foreign Policy Under Xi Jinping’ with Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt, Former Director at USIP
Beijing – ‘The Trilogy of RMB Internationalization’ with Dr. Li Lingfeng, Capula Investment Management LLP
Shanghai – ‘Decoding China’s Evolving Political & Economic Landscape’ with James McGregor, Greater China Chairman, APCO Worldwide
Beijing – ‘Politics with Chinese Characteristics’ with Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese Politics at the University of Sydney
Shanghai – ‘Chinese Workers in Japan: Interns or Cheap Labor?’ with Alexandra Harney, Special Correspondent for China, Reuters
Beijing – ‘Stumbling Giant: The Threats to China’s Future’ with Timothy Beardson, Chairman of Ilex Partners Limited
London – ‘Out of Control: Resistance to Reform Within China’s Financial System’ with Logan Wright, Director of China Research, Medley Global Advisors
London – ‘China’s Rise and the UK’ with Gareth Ward, Head of China Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Beijing – ‘China’s Wartime Past And How It Is Changing the Present and Future’ with Rana Mitter, Director of the Oxford University China Centre
Shanghai – ‘How New is the Silk Road Economic Belt?’ with Raffaello Pantucci, Senior Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute
Hong Kong – ‘The Truth Behind the Wine Industry in China’ with David Pedrol, Macro Asia & Cellarmaster Wines
Beijing – ‘The Meaning of 2014: International Political Crisis and the Future of the US-China-Russia Triangle’ with Alexander Cooley, Professor of Political Science at Columbia University
Shanghai – ‘The Future of Sino-Russian Relations’ with Feng Shaolei, Dean of Advanced International Area Studies, Director of the Center for Russian Studies, East China Normal University
London – ‘The People’s Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited’ with Louisa Lim, author and journalist
Shanghai – ‘Shadow Banking Crisis in China’ with Paul Armstrong-Taylor, The Hopkins-Nanjing Centre, SAIS
Shanghai – Dinner with Allen Lynch, Author of ‘Vladimir Putin and Russian Statecraft’ and Professor at University of Virginia
Shanghai – ‘China’s New Economic Diplomacy’ with Zhang Xiaotong, Executive Director of Centre for Economic Diplomacy, Wuhan University
Hong Kong – ‘The Chief Executive Election and Democratic Rights in Hong Kong’ with Michael Davis, University of Hong Kong
Beijing – ‘How New is the Silk Road Economic Belt?’ with Raffaello Pantucci, Senior Research Fellow, RUSI
Shanghai – ‘Unnatural Selection: Gender Imbalance in China and Beyond’ with Mara Hvistendahl, Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Shanghai – ‘U.S.-China Relations in the Internet Age’ with David Wertime and Rachel Lu, Tea Leaf Nation
Shanghai – ‘From Self-Interest to Public Interest: The Evolving Place of Business in China’ with Scott Kennedy, Indiana University
Shanghai – ‘British Expatriates from Shanghai and their Role in WWI’ with Robert Bickers, University of Bristol
Hong Kong – ‘China’s Leftover Women’ with Leta Hong Fincher, author and doctoral candidate at Tsinghua University, Beijing
Beijing – ‘Urbanization in China: Findings and Proposals’ with Paul Procee, World Bank Lead Urban Specialist
London – ‘China’s Leftover Women’ with Leta Hong Fincher, author and doctoral candidate at Tsinghua University, Beijing
Hong Kong – ‘Making Sense of China’s Rise’ with Jae Ho Chung, Director of the Program on US-China Relations, Seoul National University
London – ‘Is Xi Jinping a New Strongman for China?’ with Dr Steve Tsang, Professor of Contemporary Chinese Studies and Director of the China Policy Institute at the University of Nottingham
Beijing – ‘Is China State Capitalist? A Critical Appraisal’ with Matt Ferchen, Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Shanghai – ‘Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China’ with Evan Osnos of the New Yorker
London – ‘Nationalism and History: China, Japan and the Asia-Pacific in historical perspective’ with Dr Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, University of Oxford
Beijing – ‘Political Stability in China: Lessons from the Ancient Intellectuals’ with He Fan of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
London – ‘Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Trans-pacific Trash Trade’ with Adam Minter, Journalist and Author
Shanghai – Dinner with Kerry Brown, Executive Director of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney
Shanghai – ‘China’s Soft Power in the Global South’ with Professor Adam Webb, Hopkins Nanjing Centre
London – ‘China’s Approach to the Cyber Domain’ with Nigel Inkster, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
Hong Kong – ‘How Asia Works’ with Joe Studwell, author and founding editor of the China Economic Quarterly
Beijing – ‘The Third Plenum, Economic Reforms and the Future of Xi Jinping’ with Barry Naughton, University of California, San Diego
London – ‘The Networked Leadership: Xi and the People Around Him’ with Kerry Brown, China Studies Centre, University of Sydney
Beijing – ‘Reflections on Economic and Political Reform During My Nine Years in China’ with David Dollar, former U.S. Treasury Financial and Economic Emissary to China
Beijing – ‘Posturing or Policy? China’s Foreign Relations Under Xi Jinping’ with Zhu Feng, Deputy Director of the Peking University Center for International Studies
Beijing – ‘What the “Chinese Dream” Means for Corporate Social Responsibility’ with William Valentino, formerly of Bayer