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Areas of ExpertiseChina; Chinese foreign and domestic policy; Chinese development policy

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Chinese Parents Protest Bad Vaccines for Hundreds of Thousands

26 July 2018 | ABC Online

How changing rules of engagement sparked a diplomatic crisis for diplomats

14 June 2018 | The Economist

China fights Taiwan on airline websites

05 June 2018 | ABC The Drum

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23 May 2018 | ABC The Drum

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23 May 2018 | Sky News Australia

Video: Chinese state media labels Australia 'arrogant'

18 April 2018 | CNBC

Hip hop culture comes under scrutiny in China, but some of it gets a pass

20 March 2018 | CNN

China ready to fight 'bloody battle' against enemies, Xi says in speech

20 March 2018 | The Guardian

Xi Jinping warns he is ready to 'fight bloody battles' against China's enemies

28 February 2018 | ABC Radio National Big Ideas

Audio: China Ages

26 February 2018 | ABC RN Drive

Audio: President for life: Does China have a new dictator?

26 February 2018 | New York Times

China Leaps to Front of a New Authoritarian Era

14 February 2018 | ABC Radio National Big Ideas

Audio: China under Xi

16 January 2018 | Times Higher Education

Australia fears decline in Chinese students over ‘treason’ laws

04 January 2018 | LA Times

A look at China's pervasive attempts to exert its influence around the world

28 December 2017 | ABC RN Breakfast

Audio: The year in Asia

13 December 2017 | ABC Local Radio Nightlife

China: malign or misunderstood?

23 November 2017 | ABC The World Today

China views Australia-US security relationship as a threat

15 November 2017 | New York Times

Chinese nationalism jostles with academic freedom in Australia

04 November 2017 | Straits Times

China accelerates drive for global soft power

01 November 2017 | Sydney Morning Herald

Chinese community calls for action after students attacked in Canberra

31 October 2017 | Sydney Morning Herald

Bashing of Chinese student in Canberra threatens Australia's image: newspaper

28 October 2017 | ABC RN Saturday Extra

A foreign affair

26 October 2017 | Financial Times

China accelerates drive for global soft power

23 September 2017 | South China Morning Post

Spies and a magic weapon: Why are Australia, NZ so suspicious of China?

18 July 2017 | ABC RN The World Today

China bans Winnie the Pooh over internet jokes comparing him to President Xi Jinping

11 June 2017 | ABC News

China's state media

25 March 2017 | Sydney Morning Herald

Free trade opportunism? How Chinese Premier Li's visit positions US on the outer

23 March 2017 | ABC News

As Chinese premier Li Keqiang arrives Australia must consider tough choices between two old friends

03 March 2017 | CNBC

What's on the National People's Congress agenda

14 January 2017 | Sydney Morning Herald

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China's "Belt and Road" strategy benefits neighbors, careful approach needed: Australian expert

03 November 2014 | Business Spectator

Some space for change in Hong Kong negotiations

02 October 2014 | news.com.au

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