China-Australia Relations
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Academic cooperation with Chinese characteristics
I recently co-convened a small international academic workshop with a Chinese university. Since we wanted to involve quite a few China-based scholars and the topic concerned China…
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No need to self-censor in the face of China
The recent decision by Allen & Unwin to drop Clive Hamilton's book on Chinese influence illustrates that China need not exert much effort in influencing us. We're doing the…
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Australia’s oddly absent Belt and Road Strategy
In a recent speech at the University of Adelaide's Confucius Institute, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Secretary Frances Adamson tackled the controversial issue of…
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No, China is not being demonised
It’s difficult to see any future for Australia that does not involve China in a big way, whether it is in trade, services, investment, regional security, cultural exchange, and…
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Resisting China’s magic weapon
In the classic Cold War-era film Invasion of the Body Snatchers, aliens quietly invade earth by replicating the bodies of each human being they encounter. The resulting 'pod…
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Chinese students in Australia: Do we protest too much?
Chinese students in Australia are attracting attention. Former Fairfax China correspondent John Garnaut said last month that Chinese students embody a 'racial chauvinism' that…
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Commentary
A Chinese threat to Australian openness
Originally published in the New York Times (Photo: Flickr/Mark爱生活)
Merriden Varrall
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Empathising with China
The recent presence of a PLA-N auxiliary general intelligence vessel off Queensland has generated some interesting discussions. Euan Graham and James Goldrick are right that the…
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Commentary
Australians' views of China: we need to go deeper than 'fear and greed'
Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald.Merriden Varrall
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Commentary
Australia has outgrown paranoia in its relations with China
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review.Rory Medcalf