Sep 13, 2016
China’s financial system used to be boring and state-controlled, keeping deposits captive at large state-owned banks and lending out cheaply to state-owned enterprises. Very quickly, however, virtually everything about the system has changed, particularly since the...
![Brussels – China’s role in Africa: screening of ‘King Cobra and the Dragon’ with Solange Guo Chatelard [Tuesday, September 20]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/solange_chatelard.gif)
Sep 12, 2016
Thousands of Chinese have settled in Zambia and opened businesses, but relations have not always run smoothly. As China increases its economic ties in Africa, has the continent entered a new era of colonialism? Chatelard will present her landmark television...
![San Francisco – TPP, China and the Future of Trade in Asia with Vinod Aggarwal [Wednesday, September 14]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/aggarwal.jpeg)
Aug 19, 2016
On September 14, Young China Watchers San Francisco hosted Vinnie Aggarwal, esteemed trade expert Vinnie Aggarwal. Dr. Aggarwal spoke about the Trans-Pacific Partnership; its viability; and its potential impact on U.S.-China relations. Vinod (Vinnie) Aggarwal is...
![Singapore – China’s Low-Carbon Transition with Philip Andrews-Speed [Tuesday, August 30]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/philip_andrews_speed.jpg)
Aug 18, 2016
Philip will discuss how the wider political economy of China’s energy sector provides constraints and opportunities for the country to accelerate its transition to a low-carbon energy economy. He will draw on ideas relating to institutionalism – namely the formal and...
Jul 21, 2016
This is a critical period for Chinese labor relations. The number of strikes is rising. The government is cracking down on labor NGOs. Lay-offs involving millions of workers have been announced. Aaron Halegua has studied Chinese labor issues for over a decade and...
