I lecture frequently to academic, business, civil society, public policy, and US-China communities, on the themes of Chinese political economy, China and the world, and innovation. Below is a selection of my talks.
"How the West and Beijing Got China Wrong," Camden Conference, Will this Be China's Century?, 2018. Organized by local volunteers in Camden.
Remarks at the issue launch of "Can China Keep Rising", Foreign Affairs, 2021. Moderated by Daniel Kurtz-Phelan.
See my essay "Can China Survive its Gilded Age?" here.
"The Real China Model: What Other Developing Countries Should Learn from China?" Keynote Lecture at United Nations-UNDP Cambodia
Introduction and Q&A here
Feature article at Khmer Times and Xinhua
My essay at 澎湃 based on this lecture (in Chinese)
Center for Global Development, The Future of Development Series - China, 2021.
See my slides here
Three principles
Learn from both China's successes and failures
Don't learn the wrong lessons
Adapt the right lessons to different national contexts, rather than blindly copying
Remarks at "Can China's BRI and G7's B3W Coexist in Africa?" Organized by the Carnegie Endowment of International Peace Africa Program.
See my essay in Foreign Affairs on China's Belt and Road Initiative here
Lecture at the Fiduciary Investors' Symposium, Harvard University, 2018
"Beijing's Real Achilles Heel: It's Not the Economy."
More comments from attendees:
"The debate was great, especially Yuen, who presented from the floor an alternative view about China. "
"We really need to learn as much as we can about China before investing substantial amounts."