![London – YCW LN Townhall Meeting: Brexit and China with Duncan Innes-Kerr, Agatha Kratz [Duncan Innes-Kerr and Agatha Kratz]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/kD9TB_Rh.jpg)
Jul 20, 2016
What Does Brexit Mean for the UK and EU relations with China? The new British government has been clear and firm about Brexit meaning Brexit, but what does this mean for relations with China – both for the United Kingdom and China? In order to try to pry into...
![Beijing – Does the Chinese Language even Exist? And Why is it so Damn Hard?
with David Moser [Tuesday, July 19]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/David_Moser_brief_bio_media.jpg)
Jul 13, 2016
Students of Chinese all learn a language called Putonghua, but where did it come from? And why is it so hard to learn? This talk will cover the tortured history of Chinese language reform in the 20th century, and will explain why many Chinese intellectuals wanted to...
![Hong Kong – Cross-Strait Relations: Taiwan’s China Dilemma and Beijing’s Taiwan Dilemma with Syaru Shirley Lin, Harry Harding [Syaru Shirley Lin and Harry Harding]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/SyaruShirleyLin_tile.jpg)
Jul 11, 2016
We invite you to join us for a talk by Professor Syaru Shirley Lin and Professor Harry Harding. They will speak on “Cross-Strait Relations: Taiwan’s China Dilemma and Beijing’s Taiwan Dilemma.” Most importantly, they will draw on implications...
![Singapore – Media Policy In China Under Xi Jinping with Han Yong Hong, Kathryn Tsibulsky, Peh Shing Huei [July 4]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ResizedImage150150_Han_Yong_Hong.jpg)
Jun 23, 2016
Han Yong Hong will discuss the current stringent media environment and how this has changed over the last few years, what drives these changes and what they say about the government’s perception of its own legitimacy, how the media environment affects civil...
![Brussels – What do we really know about the Chinese leadership? Gossip, guanxi, and guesswork with Jessica Batke [Monday, July 11]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/csm_J._Batke_DSC_2749s2___web_size_473af2b4e0.jpg)
Jun 23, 2016
The black box of Chinese leadership politics has become even blacker in recent years. How do we, as outside observers, know when we can trust the information that we do get about the leadership? What types of sources and information tend to end up being the basis for...
