![Beijing – Obama’s Former Top Trade Rep to Discuss the New Administration’s Approach to US-China relations with Claire Reade [Tuesday, November 15]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/clairereade-e1483818764570.jpg)
Nov 23, 2016
Less than a week after the US Presidential election, Claire will discuss trends and challenges in the new administration’s approach to US-China relations, especially in terms of trade ties. We invite Claire Reade, former Assistant US Trade Representative for...
![Beijing – Shakespeare’s Influence on China — past, present and future with Nancy Pellegrini [Tuesday, October 25]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/NANCY_PELLEGRINI_copy_01.jpg)
Oct 23, 2016
The story of Shakespeare in China is one of cultural blending and reinvention. Peopled by devoted evangelists, theater directors and dogged interpreters intent on bridging divisions of language and politics, it tracks the trajectory of modern Chinese history and the...
![Beijing – Does the Chinese Language even Exist? And Why is it so Damn Hard?
with David Moser [Tuesday, July 19]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/David_Moser_brief_bio_media.jpg)
Jul 13, 2016
Students of Chinese all learn a language called Putonghua, but where did it come from? And why is it so hard to learn? This talk will cover the tortured history of Chinese language reform in the 20th century, and will explain why many Chinese intellectuals wanted to...
![Beijing – Taking China’s Pulse with Benjamin Lim [Thursday, May 05]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/benj_lim_150x150.jpg)
May 9, 2016
After a quarter of a century covering China and Taiwan as a journalist, Benjamin Lim turns author in his latest book, “Taking China’s Pulse.” Touching on subjects ranging from Taiwan’s political history to Xi Jinping’s political rise and...
![Beijing – ‘Criminal Justice in China’ with Professor He Jiahong [Tuesday, April 5]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/hejiahong-01.png)
Apr 1, 2016
Young China Watchers is honoured to be able to host Professor He for a discussion on wrongful convictions in China and the criminal justice system. Professor He Jiahong is one of China’s leading experts on criminal evidence, evidential investigation and criminal...
