![Brussels – China’s Offensive in Europe: Is there a master plan by China to take over Europe? with Philippe Le Corre [Tuesday, October 18]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/plc.jpg)
Nov 25, 2016
With Chinese investment into the EU rising by 40% in 2015, and expected to grow throughout Europe in the years to come, what are the trends, sectors, and targets of investments by China’s private and state-owned companies? how do Europeans perceive China? and...
![Hong Kong – The Hidden World of Activist Investing in Hong Kong with Frank Wong [Wednesday, November 23]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_2368.jpg)
Nov 23, 2016
Activist investing – the practice of buying a significant minority stake in a company before launching a public campaign for management to rapidly alter its strategy or board – is generally associated with the United States. As investors become more...
![Brussels – The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century with Stein Ringen [Wednesday, November 16]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/stein_ringen.jpg)
Nov 23, 2016
The Chinese political economy is like no other system, now or in history. Under the leadership of Xi Jinping, the system of government has been transformed into a new regime, radically harder than the legacy of Deng Xiaoping. Stein Ringen argues that China is less...
![London – YCW London: The Political Economy of China’s Technological Development with Douglas B. Fuller [Tuesday, November 15]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Douglas_Fuller2.png)
Nov 23, 2016
China presents us with a conundrum. How has a developing country with a spectacularly inefficient financial system, coupled with asset-destroying state-owned firms, managed to create a number of vibrant high-tech firms? China’s domestic financial system fails...
![Beijing – Obama’s Former Top Trade Rep to Discuss the New Administration’s Approach to US-China relations with Claire Reade [Tuesday, November 15]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/clairereade-e1483818764570.jpg)
Nov 23, 2016
Less than a week after the US Presidential election, Claire will discuss trends and challenges in the new administration’s approach to US-China relations, especially in terms of trade ties. We invite Claire Reade, former Assistant US Trade Representative for...
