Apr 27, 2020
By Samuel Wejchert (with contributions from Dr Shengke Zhi) China’s climate diplomacy has undergone a radical transformation in recent years. At COP15, the Copenhagen climate conference of 2009, China was widely perceived as an obstinate—even...
Feb 12, 2020
This is an opinion piece written by the author below, and does not reflect the position of YCW. By Johanna Costigan On 2 December in London, Former Prime Minister of Australia and current President of the Asia Society Policy Institute Kevin Rudd...
Jul 29, 2019
Embed from Getty Images By: Insa Ewert In March this year, Italy became the first G7 nation to sign an official MoU with China in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The move by the Italian government has been interpreted as a sign of increasing...
Dec 31, 2018
Inspired by a real incident in 2013, Chinese-American director Cathy Yan’s debut grapples with the challenges and contradictions of everyday life in China. Following five characters, “Dead Pigs depicts the gritty reality of a world twice turned upside-down:...
Jul 2, 2018
Embed from Getty Images By: Insa Ewert Southeast Asia has become an important region for China’s global ambitions, with increasing economic support and investment provided to Southeast Asian countries under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Chinese...
