Behind the News: Inside China Global Television Network
Can China’s television network be an effective soft power tool?
Melissa Jardine
Melissa Jardine, PhD, is a former Australian police officer and security sector reform advisor. She travelled to Kabul in March 2021 on assignment for the United Nations. She is a ...
Taiwan’s 2020 elections
China has lost the battle for public opinion in Taiwan.
Being a video vigilante can serve the greater good, but that doesn't mean it's always right
Originally published in ABC News.
China’s Economic Choices
China’s economic growth has fallen to its slowest rate since 1990, and this deceleration looks set to continue unless China implements the kinds of deep reforms behind the suc...
Exporting Digital Authoritarianism, with Alina Polyakova
Episode 16 of Rules Based Audio explores the use of digital technology by authoritarian regimes to monitor, manipulate and control both domestic and foreign populations.
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Chris Greene
Chris Greene is a freelance writer/researcher on media development issues. He previously worked for ABC International in PNG and for Radio Australia in Melbourne. He was with ...
International Public Broadcasting: A Missed Opportunity For Projecting Australia’s Soft Power
Australia’s depleted international broadcasting is impairing the projection of Australia’s soft power at a time when government is seeking to increase its regional influence, parti...
Samuel Bashfield
Samuel Bashfield is research fellow at the University of Melbourne’s Australia India Institute.
Renting influence: China in the Pacific, with Jonathan Pryke and Dan McGarry
Episode 15 of Rules Based Audio takes a look at China's interests, influence and intentions in the Pacific.
Reports of a planned Chinese naval base in Vanuatu in 2018 helped focus...