Beijing's resilience

Kerry Brown is Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King’s College, London. He is an adjunct of the Australia New Zealand School of Government in Melbourne, and the co-editor of the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, run from the German Institute for Global Affairs in Hamburg. He is the chair of the trustees of the Royal Society of Asian Affairs and an Affiliate of the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit at Cambridge University.

A jurist and sinologist, he is chairman of the Institute of Chinese Law and the Italy-China Business Development Forum. He is a professor at the China University of Political Science and Law, a CISS-LUISS expert, and an arbitrator at the Weihai International Arbitration Court. He conducts research and consulting on Chinese law and international relations.

She has been writing about China since 2003, she had the privilege as foreign correspondent for Il Sole 24 Ore in Beijing, of witnessing the rise and changes of the era of the president Xi Jinping. For Il Sole 24 Ore he has written the investigative books Navi delle false griffe and Oltre la Muraglia.

Prof. Yang Wang, VP and Chair Professor at HKU, is a renowned mathematician over 150 publications. He drives Hong Kong’s Web3.0 ecosystem and AI education, leading blockchain, decentralized systems, and applied AI innovation to promote the digital economy.

Originally from the Shandong province, he began his diplomatic career in 1991. He has been posted to both North and South Korea on several occasions due to his expertise in Korean language and culture. He also served as Director General of the Department of Asian, African, and Latin American Affairs at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.