![Washington D.C. – Assessing Evolving Challenges in the Asia-Pacific and U.S. Policy in the Region with Randy Schriver [Monday, August 21]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Randy_Schriver_Photo.jpg)
Aug 11, 2017
In November, President Trump will embark on his first visit to the Asia-Pacific region to attend the U.S.-ASEAN summit, the East Asia summit, and the APEC summit. U.S. interests and partnerships in the region are under increasing pressure and face a myriad of evolving...
![Singapore – RMB INTERNATIONALIZATION – A CRITICAL ANALYSIS with Professor Gunter Dufey [Thursday, August 17]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/gunter.jpg)
Aug 11, 2017
The presentation begins with an analysis of the demand and supply of currencies used by transactors. What motivates individuals and businesses to use a currency other than their own? If businesses in Singapore and Indonesia cannot agree on using SGD or IDR, which...
![San Francisco – China’s Banking Transformation: The Untold Story with James Stent [Wed, July 19]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/jamesstent_01.png)
Jul 26, 2017
James Stent, who spoke at YCW’s New York chapter earlier this year, joined our members here in San Francisco for an evening to discuss the forces behind China’s banking transformation. For some time, experts have been predicting the impending collapse of...
Jun 12, 2017
More than 15 San Francisco YCW members gathered for an intimate evening with foreign policy expert Dr. Graham Allison, Director of Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Dr. Allison led members in a discussion of the prospects for the...
![Brussels – China and Russia: An Eastern Partnership in the Making? with Michal Makocki, Nicu Popescu [Michal Makocki and Nicu Popescu]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/michalm_01.png)
Jun 7, 2017
On the surface, Sino–Russian cooperation have been intensifying in recent years. What provides the impetus for these ties and can they endure? We’ll look at what’s new in this relationship between China and Russia and address areas of convergence and...
