Dec 19, 2019
Young China Watchers (YCW) and King’s College London’s Lau China Institute held our third YCW-Lau China Conference in London on Saturday 2 November 2019. This follows the successful conferences held by the YCW-Lau partnership in 2017 and 2018. Over a half-day of...
Dec 29, 2018
Editor’s Note: While the U.S.-China trade conflict dominated mainstream media, several other events of 2018 will shape China in the future, among them the removal of the presidential term limits and the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities....
Dec 30, 2017
Editor’s Note: This year began with President Xi Jinping extolling the virtues of globalization at Davos and, from there, never failed to deliver moments in global affairs that ranged from eyebrow-raising to surreal. As we look back at the events that shaped...
Dec 23, 2017
Editor’s Note: In June this year, Chinese and Indian troops faced off in what was perhaps the most high-profile border dispute between both countries in recent memory. The military standoff in the Doklam plateau (洞朗, Donglang), sparked by Chinese road-building...
Nov 20, 2017
Editor’s Note: The U.S.-China trade relationship was the featured topic of President Trump’s recent state visit to China, yet even with the announcement of $250 billion in business deals, it is far from clear where the administration’s policy is headed. On August 18,...
