Jun 23, 2016
Han Yong Hong will discuss the current stringent media environment and how this has changed over the last few years, what drives these changes and what they say about the government’s perception of its own legitimacy, how the media environment affects civil...
Jun 23, 2016
The black box of Chinese leadership politics has become even blacker in recent years. How do we, as outside observers, know when we can trust the information that we do get about the leadership? What types of sources and information tend to end up being the basis for...
Jun 23, 2016
After decades of a foreign policy of non-interference, China has undergone a paradigm shift in its thinking, spurred by two motives: the wish to build its reputation as a good global citizen, and the wish to protect its interests overseas. However, the evolution in...
Jun 16, 2016
Please join us for a talk with Marketplace’s Rob Schmitz, to discuss his new book Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road. We invite Rob Schmitz, China correspondent with American Public Media’s Marketplace to discuss. ** About...
Jun 1, 2016
YCW London is pleased to collaborate with the London Society for Chinese Studies on this forum, led by Professor Stephen Chen OBE of SOAS University of London. The event will begin at 18:00 where for the first hour, Professor Chen will give a talk followed by a...