Yun Jiang
Biography
Publications
Yun Jiang is the inaugural AIIA China Matters Fellow. She was previously the co-founder and editor of China Neican, a managing editor of the China Story blog at the Australian Centre on China in the World, and a researcher in geoeconomics at the Australian National University. Prior to that, she was a policy adviser in the Australian Government, having worked in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Treasury and the Department of Defence.
![The Fix: Getting a read on China](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-10/anastasia-zhenina-DzqkDffa00c-unsplash.jpg?itok=vsmAUBjw)
The Fix: Getting a read on China
Your weekly Interpreter feature to rake up resources and reads you might otherwise miss.
![Beijing and the birth rate: a question of human rights for women](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-03/China%20towers%20for%20IWD%20comp.jpg?itok=eYVr2YSR)
Beijing and the birth rate: a question of human rights for women
Despite the government's gender positive rhetoric, Chinese women are still viewed as resources of the party state.
![Undue suspicion of Chinese Australian scientists slows progress](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-01/GettyImages-1237465309.jpg?itok=dqCmv9UY)
Undue suspicion of Chinese Australian scientists slows progress
Clear guidance is needed how national security is assessed in research and what are the boundaries of collaboration.
![Rejuvenating DFAT: increasing diversity and becoming less insular](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/27526338734_60ea913961_k.jpg?itok=nm1BDOkq)
Rejuvenating DFAT: increasing diversity and becoming less insular
Harnessing the experience and skills of the entire Australian community is the foundation for strong diplomacy.
![Common enemies and instinctive friends](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1238826995.jpg?itok=uR86OUNc)
Common enemies and instinctive friends
Presenting the world as one of binary choices can undermine good policymaking.
![Australia is failing to recognise an urgent need: recruiting more Chinese-Australians into public service](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-06/Lowy%20default.png?itok=88wn4Fy7)
Commentary
Australia is failing to recognise an urgent need: recruiting more Chinese-Australians into public service
Originally published in The Conversation.
![Chinese-Australians in the Australian Public Service](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Chinese%20writing%20characters%20crop3.jpg?itok=FS4NAw_6)
Policy Briefs
Chinese-Australians in the Australian Public Service
Underutilised in the Australian Public Service, Chinese-Australians are central to our China literacy and future engagement with the rising global superpower.
![Reconsidering Australia’s China debate](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/10065652573_59ffd6d23b_o%20%281%29%20copy.jpg?itok=ooNRwrGq)
Reconsidering Australia’s China debate
A simplistic “pro-China”–“anti-China” division ignores complex questions and shuts down the conversation.