Dr. Yu Wang is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Duke Kunshan University. She was one of the founding co-directors of the CSCC and is currently a co-lead for the CSCC Care and Gender Cluster. Dr. Wang has a rich academic background, with her research focusing on the intricate social dynamics within China. Her work explores the role of intermarriage and individual achievement as pathways to social mobility in China amidst rapid economic, social, and demographic transformations. She also extends her scholarly pursuits to the realm of public health, with a specific emphasis on child vaccination and preventative healthcare-seeking behaviors. Dr. Wang’s research endeavors have attracted funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and her work has been featured in several prestigious academic journals, including Journal of Marriage and Family, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Social Science Research, and American Journal of Public Health.
Most recently, Dr. Wang published a paper titled “Age-discrepant marriages and educational assortative mating in urban China: The exchange of youth for status” in the Journal of Marriage and Family. The paper examines the dynamics of youth-status exchange in the context of gendered mate selection preferences in China. Read More
Nicolás (Nico) Velasco Pérez is a Class of 2025 Political Economy student from Medellín, Colombia. In November 15-16, 2024, he attended the US-China Hong Kong Forum co-hosted by the China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF) in partnership with the China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE). Nico spoke at the forum’s first-ever “Spotlight on Youth” Keynote where he represented Duke Kunshan University, Colombia, and Latin America. At the forum, Nico added the perspective of youth to critical discussions within US-China relations.
Nico is passionate about accelerating economic development in Colombia and Latin America at the intersection of international relations, public policy, and entrepreneurship. His interest in US-China relations and demonstrated leadership within his fields of interests awarded him the CUSEF x One Young World Scholar, having been selected from 12,991 applicants globally for the inaugural cohort of this scholarship, through which he attended the One Young World Summit in Montreal, Canada and gained mentorship from CUSEF.
Throughout this article, Nico shares his biggest takeaways from his participation in the forum. Read More
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