[United Kingdom] STEAR : Studying in China

The Student Think Tank for Europe-Asia Relations (STEAR) is pleased to invite you to one of their upcoming events!

STEAR (www.stearthinktank.com) aims to be the first and leading youth policy institute to strengthen relations and deepen cultural ties all over Europe and Asia.

They will be hosting the Studying in China Panel. During their hour-long panel discussion, participants will have the chance to speak to our panelists about the admissions process, life in Beijing, differences from undergraduate to postgraduate life, and everything in between.

The panel will feature four scholars and one moderator:

1. Luke Cavanaugh – Schwarzman Scholar: Luke is a recent first-class graduate of the University of Cambridge and is currently based in Beijing as a Schwarzman Scholar. Alongside founding his own consulting firm at university, he has taken executive positions at several think tanks, including as co-President of STEAR. Elsewhere, Luke has experience working in business and the public sector, and is currently attempting to synergise the two in his work at the British Chamber of Commerce in Beijing and as one of eight young people on the ITU’s Global Visionaries Board. After graduation, Luke will join the Boston Consulting Group in London.
2. Dao Nguyen – Yenching Scholar: Dao Nguyen is a Yenching Scholar and Baixian Asia Future Leader at Yenching Academy, Peking University. After finishing the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Program as an Erasmus Mundus Scholar, he is selected as the EANGAGE Research Follow of the European Union in Singapore. Currently, he is working as the Consultant and Global Youth Trainer on Meaningful Youth Engagement at UNESCO Paris. Dao is passionate about international cooperation, social inclusion, and digital connectivity. At STEAR, he hopes to enhance youth participation in public policy and strengthen cultural exchanges between Europe and Asia.
3. Mingqi Xie – Schwarzman Scholar: Mingqi is a 6th cohort Schwarzman Scholar. She graduated from Tsinghua University with a bachelor’s degree in Communication and International Relations. She interned at the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, where she drafted the first “Hypersonic Weapons Global Awareness” online education program. Her previous experiences include the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center, South Centre (Geneva), Seoul National University, World Peace Forum, International Conflict and Security Consulting, and Daimler. She also works as Forum Alpbach Network Ambassador China. Mingqi devotes great effort to youth engagement in international dispute resolution.
4. Daniel Tafelski – Yenching Scholar: Daniel is from Germany but was born and raised in Shanghai, China. He graduated from Humboldt University of Berlin with a BS in Economics and studied Political Science at UC Berkeley as a Fulbright scholar. He has worked in public sector consulting and strategy consulting as well as the German and European Parliament, deepening his understanding of the challenges faced by businesses and governments. He comes from a background of advising startups, NGOs, and multinationals and has worked in academia as well the social-impact space throughout Asia. Daniel is a Yenching Scholar at Peking University, studying towards a Master’s in China Studies where he focuses on researching EU-China relations. He is also involved in organising the Yenching Academy’s flagship international conference, the Yenching Global Symposium.
5. Cherry Yu (Moderator) – Double Master’s Degree in International Affairs, Peking University and London School of Economics: Cherry is currently pursuing a double master’s degree in International Affairs at Peking University and the London School of Economics, having recently obtained her bachelor’s degree in European Social and Political Studies from University College London. She participated in the Young Ambassadors Programme at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Centre and is currently a research assistant at Tsinghua Centre for US-China Relations, assisting Professor Chen Qi of Tsinghua University with publications on China’s rise and US-China relations with a concentration on technology, climate governance and foreign investment.

If this sounds like something you would be interested in, please register through the following link: https://www.stearthinktank.com/events and join them on April 2nd!