Welcoming the Selected Delegates of the China-ASEAN Youth Dialogue

We are pleased to announce the selected ASEAN delegates for the inaugural China-ASEAN Youth Dialogue!

Organized in collaboration with Young China Watchers Hong Kong, this initiative aims to provide a meaningful platform for emerging analysts, researchers, and practitioners across Southeast Asia to exchange perspectives, foster regional networks, and engage in substantive discussions on the evolving dynamics of China-ASEAN relations.

Centered around the theme, “How Global Turbulence Impacts China–ASEAN Relations,” the dialogue will bring together outstanding young voices from across the region to explore the geopolitical, economic, and strategic challenges shaping the future of ASEAN and its engagement with China.

We are excited to welcome the selected delegates. Foreign Policy Talks Delegate:

• 🇵🇭 Venus Janelle Garcia Samonte — Researcher, University of the Philippines Korea Research Center

• 🇸🇬 Rustam Shariq Mujtaba — Regional Youth Champion for Southeast and East Asia, Digital Transformations for Health Lab

• 🇹🇭 Pavat Pichetsin — Officer, European Guanxi; Admitted MSc Economics & Strategy for Business Student, Imperial College London

• 🇰🇭 Morn Piseth — Junior Researcher and Lecturer, The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), under the Institute for International Studies and Public Policy (IISPP), Royal University of Phnom Penh

• 🇲🇾 Ahmad Arman Al Huzaifi bin Sakir Husein — MBA Candidate, Fellow at Oxford China Policy Lab, University of Oxford

• 🇲🇾 Aden Tan Shen Yeh — Master’s Student, MSc in International Affairs, London School of Economics and Political Science, Peking University

• 🇻🇳 Tran Hoai Thu — Research Assistant, University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City)

• 🇻🇳 Do Thi Thu Hien — Researcher, East Sea (South China Sea) Institute, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• 🇮🇩 Muhammad Izzuddin Al Haq — Founder and Director General, World Order Lab

• 🇮🇩 Priskila Millena — Project Coordinator, Centre for Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) Subregional Cooperation

• 🇮🇩 Angelo Wijaya — Founder of ASEAN UGM Society; Fudan University

• 🇮🇩 Bernard Vega — President Comissioner, Atur AI

Young China Watchers Hong Kong delegates:

• Harry Febrian – Lecturer, Wenzhou-Kean University

• Emily Ryan – Marketing Executive, Swire Coca-Cola HK

• Zhang Chi – Senior Researcher, Center for Contemporary China and the World at Hong Kong University

• Lee Zi Xin – Shenzhen Representative, Singapore Economic Development Bureau; Founder, The Young SEAkers

• Yian Ke – Research Fellow, Guangzhou Institute of the Greater Bay Area

• Hugo Claus – Consultant, LRQA

• Ian Wong – Associate, The Asia Group

• Lizhong Yang – Associate, Morgan Stanley

• Haozhe Zhang – PhD candidate, The University of Hong Kong

• Nico Han – Research Associate, Center for Asia Philanthropy and Society (CAPS)

  
  

We look forward to the thoughtful discussions, fresh perspectives, and meaningful regional connections that will emerge throughout the dialogue.

See you at the China-ASEAN Youth Dialogue.