Five years have gone by since the day when I scribbled my first Chinese character and, after all this time, I still get asked the same question: why China? I usually like to take people by surprise replying: "for the food, of course, it ...

09 July 2019

My name is Thabiso, and I fell in love with China when I studied at Fudan University, Shanghai under the Centre for BRICS Studies in 2017. I chose to study in China for my Master's because this country (China) is a powerhouse to be looke...

09 July 2019

​I'm Lily Falzon, an incoming YCA scholar from the United States. Although I was born and raised in California, my China story has been in the making for some time. My great-grandfather, Wang Xiaolai (王晓籁), was a prominent businessma...

09 July 2019

THE 21ST CENTURY: THE ERA OF THE CHINESEI dreaded Wednesdays throughout the second semester of my freshman year at the university. The reason being that my stern African politics professor with monstrous narcissistic tendencies (or so I ...

09 July 2019

The Value of Having a Degree in China StudiesThank you for giving me the opportunity to speak at this commencement ceremony. As Mencius once said that it is one of the three pleasures to educate the world's talented people. I had the ple...

03 July 2019

A big thank you to my colleagues: Dean Fan, Dean Moser, the faculty and the whole YCA team, who have played enormous roles in educating, encouraging and helping our students.Thank you to the families who have flown out from every corner ...

03 July 2019

Lecture Inform：Speaker: Peng Chun (彭錞)Host: Lu Yang (陆扬)Theme: Land and Law in Modern ChinaTime: 19:00 – 20:30Date: June 5 (Wednesday), 2019Venue: Room B101, Second...

28 May 2019

Speaker: Ashley J. Tellis, Robert D. Blackwill, Wang JisiHost: Fan ShimingTheme: U.S.-China Relations and World OrderTime: 19:00 – 20:30Date: May 15 (Wednesday), 20...

13 May 2019

Lecture Information：Speaker: Yan Se (颜色)Host: David Moser (莫大伟)Theme: An Institutional and Cultural Perspective of the Chinese Economy and SocietyTime: 19:00 – 20:30Date:&nb...

06 May 2019

Lecture Information:Speaker: Li Bozhong (李伯重)Host: Lu Yang (陆扬)Theme:  China and the Outside World——Ups and Downs of China's Economy and Foreign Trade since 1700Date: April 24 (Wednesday),...

03 April 2019

Lecture InformationSpeaker: Xie YuHost: Lu YangTheme: Cultural Differences between China and AmericaDate: March 27 (Wednesday), 2019Time: 19:00 – 20:30Location: Room B10...

14 March 2019

Speaker: Stephen R. Bokenkamp (柏夷)Host: David MoserTheme:  The Daily Life of Chinese GodsDate: March 13 (Wednesday), 2019Time: 19:00 – 20:30Location: Room B101, S...

05 March 2019