Oct 18, 2018
India is experiencing a period of rapid development characterised by extremes of wealth, growing inequality and unstable industrial growth — a period James Crabtree calls “the Billionaire Raj” in his new book, which was recently short-listed for the FT /...
Oct 3, 2018
As the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), the triennial official forum between China and all the African states with the exception of Eswatini, took place in Beijing in early September 2018, YCW Shanghai invites Eric Olander to speak...
Oct 3, 2018
Feminism poses the greatest threat to China’s authoritarian regime. That is the central argument of journalist and scholar Leta Hong Fincher in her new book Betraying Big Brother. The feminist movement in China has been spearheaded by five activists who were arrested...
Oct 1, 2018
YCW NY: Panel Discussion “Philanthropy in China: Emerging Trends” with Yong Lu (CEO & Founder of Evergreen Asia Advisors), Jessica Batke (Senior Editor at ChinaFile), Gena Palumbo (President & Founder at Children of China Pediatrics Foundation),...
Sep 28, 2018
Alibaba, one of China’s tech giants, established and transformed e-commerce and mobile payments in a previously cash-based society in well under a decade. It is now branching out into many more initiatives and markets overseas that potentially sets the stage for...