Cheng Li

Toward Xi’s third term: China’s 20th Party Congress and beyond

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST

Readout from the Biden-Xi virtual meeting: Discussion with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST

Students attend their college graduation ceremony in Shanghai's Fudan University July 2, 2011. China began expanding university enrollment in 1996 to meet growing personnel demands as the economy boomed, but Xinhua News Agency has reported concerns by the Chinese State Council over creating enough jobs for millions of college students who will graduate between 2011 and 2015. University education is a key component of China's goal to create a broad urban tier of middle class families with "well-off characteristics" nationwide. China produces about 830,000 college graduates every year. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION)

How Washington’s hawkish China policy alienates young Chinese

Thursday, November 4, 2021

China’s youth: Increasing diversity amid persistent inequality

9:00 AM - 10:45 AM EDT

A women sitting on her couch is working from home due to the confinement due to the corona virus pandemy. Paris, France. April 10 2020.Une femme assise sur son canape fait du teletravail en raison du confinement pendant la pandemie de coronavirus. Paris, France. 10 avril 2020.NO USE FRANCE

Worsening global digital divide as the US and China continue zero-sum competitions

Monday, October 11, 2021

Engaging China: Reconsidering the strategy and practice

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Cvr: China's Youth

China’s Youth

By Li Chunling; Foreword by John L. Thornton; Introduction by Cheng Li

2021

--FILE--Chinese customers try out Apple's iPhone 6 or 6 Plus smartphones at a store in Yichang city, central China's Hubei province, 9 July 2015.The number of Chinese mobile phone users accounted for 94.5% of its total population by the end of June, latest data showed. In the first half, China saw 6.88 million new mobile phone users, bringing the country's total mobile phone users to 1.29 billion, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said in a statement. The ratio of mobile phone users to population was higher than 100% in nine provincial-level regions, including Beijing, Shanghai, as well as provinces of Guangdong and Zhejiang. The number of users choosing broadband mobile internet services (3G and 4G services) reached 674 million by the end of June, accounting for 52.1% of all mobile phone users.No Use China. No Use France.

China’s “digital natives”: How the post-’90s generation is transforming the country

Monday, September 27, 2021

--FILE--Customers shop for dairy products due to discounts at a supermarket in Nanjing city, east China's Jiangsu province, 16 October 2017.Consumers who are anticipating cheaper prices for products during the upcoming Nov 11 shopping festival may not necessarily find them online, a new study said. According to the 2017 China shopping report jointly released by market consultancies Bain & Co and Kantar Worldpanel, the online prices of many product categories are higher than those offered in physical stores, with the biggest price differences seen for toothbrushes, hair conditioners and kitchen cleansing supplies. Jason Yu, general manager of Kantar Worldpanel for Greater China, said the price differences can be largely attributed to the fact that relatively more high-end products are purchased online. "While Chinese consumers used to shop online for low prices in the past, it has been increasingly noticeable in the recent five years that people prefer products that indicate a better lifestyle or entail more added value," he said. As a result, the sales of imported goods, especially food products and personal care products, have risen significantly, he said. "To cater to this trend, leading e-commerce players such as Alibaba and JD.com have upgraded their offerings on their platforms to meet the demand of the rising middle class and younger consumers," he said.No Use China. No Use France.

Focusing on the middle class

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

People visit a main shopping area in Shanghai, China July 12, 2021. Picture taken July 12, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song

The Shanghai middle class: Embracing “cosmopolitanism with Chinese characteristics”?

Friday, July 30, 2021