Nov 17, 2018
Common perceptions that China allegedly has overwhelming political and economic leverage over North Korea are not able to explain why three successive Kim regimes had been able to defy Chinese pressure to cease provocations or denuclearize. This talk aims to demystify...
![Shanghai: Towards a Sustainable Food Future: Feeding China’s Urban Billion [Tuesday, December 4]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Peggy-Liu.png)
Nov 16, 2018
China is grappling with a daunting conundrum: how to feed nearly one-fifth of the world’s population with less than one-tenth of its farmland. China’s 1.4 billion people are building up an appetite that is changing the way the world grows and sells food. Thirty years...
Nov 12, 2018
Whilst the US remains the global leader in blockchain technology, many predict that China may well overtake the US within the next five years and become the world’s No.1 blockchain powerhouse, drawing the centre of gravity of technological innovation and influence...
Nov 8, 2018
Zhang Lijia looks deeply into China’s massive underground sex industry. During the talk, she will explain how she gained insight into the prostitution business which she describes in Lotus, a novel inspired by her grandma who was a former prostitute. Lotus tells...
![Shanghai : China and India – Thirsty Cities and the Delivery of Public Goods [Thursday, November 8]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Selina-Ho.jpeg)
Oct 25, 2018
YCW Shanghai welcomes Selina Ho to lead a talk about why China provides a higher level of public goods than India. She will discuss her forthcoming book on how China and India differ in their approach to providing education, healthcare, public transportation, and...
