![Singapore – China’s Low-Carbon Transition with Philip Andrews-Speed [Tuesday, August 30]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/philip_andrews_speed.jpg)
Aug 18, 2016
Philip will discuss how the wider political economy of China’s energy sector provides constraints and opportunities for the country to accelerate its transition to a low-carbon energy economy. He will draw on ideas relating to institutionalism – namely the formal and...
Jul 21, 2016
This is a critical period for Chinese labor relations. The number of strikes is rising. The government is cracking down on labor NGOs. Lay-offs involving millions of workers have been announced. Aaron Halegua has studied Chinese labor issues for over a decade and...
![London – YCW LN Townhall Meeting: Brexit and China with Duncan Innes-Kerr, Agatha Kratz [Duncan Innes-Kerr and Agatha Kratz]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/kD9TB_Rh.jpg)
Jul 20, 2016
What Does Brexit Mean for the UK and EU relations with China? The new British government has been clear and firm about Brexit meaning Brexit, but what does this mean for relations with China – both for the United Kingdom and China? In order to try to pry into...
![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...
![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]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/SyaruShirleyLin_tile.jpg)
Jul 11, 2016
We invite you to join us for a talk by Professor Syaru Shirley Lin and Professor Harry Harding. They will speak on “Cross-Strait Relations: Taiwan’s China Dilemma and Beijing’s Taiwan Dilemma.” Most importantly, they will draw on implications...
