By Emily ConradAs the spring semester is already up and running, many of the NexGen fellows are thinking ahead to the adventures on which we will embark next academic year as we begin our studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). On March 9th, we met two Read more…
By Kyle KesslerOn July 9th 2011, the Republic of South Sudan was founded after years of civil war, becoming the newest country in the world. Our NexGen Global Forum members were lucky enough to meet with representatives from South Sudan in a meeting organized by the international NGO Safer World. Read more…
By Gibson Haynes 张涵奇供稿 On December 23, 2015, Dr. Zhu Xufeng, Professor at the School of Public Policy and Management of Tsinghua University, met with members of NexGen Global Forum and delivered a lecture about think tanks and their functions within China. Dr. Zhu’s research focuses on think tanks and Read more…
By Louis Mark Tsinghua University saw its first ever interdepartmental collaboration between the School of International Relations and the School of Economics and Management (SEM) on December 9th, 2015. NexGen Global Forum, together with the Net Impact chapter of SEM, co-hosted Shanghai consulting group Collective Responsibility’s sustainability series, “Creating the Read more…
By Gibson HaynesOn Thursday, Nov. 5th, NexGen Global Forum fellows met with Leon Wang, President of AstraZeneca China and Hong Kong. Detailing his long involvement in multinational corporations, he described the strategies that, in his experience, can help such corporations thrive in China’s often perplexing business sector.Engaging with the local Read more…
By Jonathan Peyster While in Shanghai a couple of weeks ago, I often mentioned to people I met that I’m studying in Beijing and on at least two occasions I was told “I’m sorry to hear that.” If I ever had any doubt that there still is a big rivalry Read more…
By Mao KejiGuancha.cn is one of the most popular and influential news websites in China nowadays. Judging by its size and unusual growth trajectory, Guancha.cn seems rather “amateur” in comparison to other news agencies—be it new media tycoons like Caixin.com and thepaper.cn, or established traditional media barons such as the Read more…
By Kyle Kessler Officially launched on September 29, 2013, the Shanghai Free-Trade Zone (SHFTZ) is the first free trade zone in mainland China. Covering an area of 120.72 km2, the SHFTZ includes four existing Special Customs Supervision Zones (Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Waigaoqiao Bonded Logistics Park, Yangshan Free Trade Port Read more…
Economic reform is one of the main hopes for China’s growth, but what is the central government willing to give up? (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press) By Kevin Toda Much of China’s rapid economic growth in the last several decades stems from the abandonment of a planned economy model and the retreat of Read more…
By Byungnam Jin On Wednesday, October 28, our “Simulated Think Tank” class was joined by Dr. Zhao Tong, an associate at Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program based in the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy. Dr. Zhao has a diverse educational background; for his undergraduate studies, he majored in Physics at Tsinghua Read more…