ANU Australian Centre on China in the World / 中华全球研究中心／中華全球研究中心

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The Australian Centre on China in the World (CIW) is a research institution established to enhance the existing capabilities of The Australian National University (ANU). It aims to be an integrated, world-leading institution for Chinese Studies and the understanding of China, or what has been called 'Greater China' or the 'Chinese Commonwealth' (the People's Republic of China, the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions, as well as Taiwan and the Chinese diaspora), on a global scale.

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A question of loyalty : Xun Yu, Cao Cao and Sima Guang
(Canberra, ACT : Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University., 2002) de Crespigny, Rafe
In 212 AD, as the army of the great warlord Cao Cao 曹操 was moving south against his southern rival Sun Quan 孫權, there was a sad incident in the camp. Xun Yu 荀彧, a leading counsellor and one of Cao Cao's oldest supporters, died at Shouchun 壽春 city on the Huai 淮 River. There are varying accounts and opinions whether he died of natural causes or whether he killed himself, but Cao Cao was embarrassed and Emperor Xian of Han 漢獻帝, though close-held under his control, made a point of mourning Xun Yu. Nine hundred years later, moreover, as Sima Guang 司馬光 of the Northern Song dynasty compiled his chronicle Zizhi tongjian 資治通鑑, he took the death of Xun Yu as the occasion for a powerful essay on proper conduct in troubled times. The story of Xun Yu and Cao Cao, therefore, not only touches the tensions of loyalty and legitimacy between a falling dynasty and a rising power, it provided one of China's greatest Confucianists with a case-study for his moral teaching. This article first appeared in Sino-Asiatica; papers dedicated to Professor Liu Ts'un-yan on the occasion of his eighty-fifth birthday (Canberra 2002). The original pagination, from 30 to 59 in that volume, is indicated in brackets [].
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Introduction [to] Beyond China: Migrating Identities
(Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora, Australian National University, 2002) Shen, Yuan Fang
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Poems and rhapsodies: some poems and rhapsodies of the later Han and Three Kingdoms, translated
(Faculty of Asian Studies, The Australian National University, 2004) de Crespigny, Rafe
From the "Rhapsody of the Two Capitals" [Liangdu fu] written by Ban Gu (32-92) in the first century AD. "Poem of the Seven Sorrows" [Qiai shi] by Wang Can (177-217) describing his departure from Chang'an about 194 "Jieshi: a poem by Cao Cao" (155-220) written during his campaign against the Wuhuan in the northwest in 207
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China's Foreign Policy Aggressiveness
(Australian National University, 2012) Taylor, Brendan; Geremie Barme
This Chapter analyses the "aggressive turn" in Chinese foreign policy during the 2010�2011 period, including examples and sometimes competing explanations. It also surveys international reactions to shifts in Chinese policy, including a backlash from other countries in Asia. While most of these seem keen to maintain equidistance between China and the United States, the sharp and public debate that China�s foreign policy provoked in Australia illustrates the policy dilemmas that an increasingly assertive China will inevitably generate.
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Red Rising, Red Eclipse
(Canberra, ACT: Australian Centre of China in the World (CIW), College of Asia & the Pacific, The Australian National University., 2012) Australian National University. Australian Centre on China in the World; Barme, Geremie R; Goldkorn, Jeremy; Cartier, Carolyn; Davies, Gloria
The China Story Yearbook brings together the various talents of the Australian Centre on China in the World. It is aimed at the engaged public, as well as specialists, journalists, businesspeople, diplomats and students. The inaugural Yearbook is titled Red Rising, Red Eclipse, and it covers the period from 2009 to mid 2012. Produced by academics and writers who are members of or who are affiliated with the Centre the Yearbook offers a survey of Chinese politics, law, economics, regional diplomacy, Internet politics, thought, history and culture featuring academic analysis as well as a range of information lists and data compiled by the Centre in coordination with our collaborators at Danwei Media under the direction of Jeremy Goldkorn. The Yearbook took its final form during editorial discussions with Jeremy Goldkorn in March 2012 at Capital M, Qianmen, Beijing.
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A Clash of Civilisations
(Australian Centre on China in the World - Australian National University, 2013) Barme, Geremie; Geremie R Barme; Jeremy Goldkorn
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Engineering Chinese Civilisation
(Australian Centre on China in the World - Australian National University, 2013) Barme, Geremie; Geremie R Barme; Jeremy Goldkorn
This second China Story Yearbook covers the period during which the fifth generation of Chinese leaders took control of the Communist Party, in late 2012, and then the government of the People�s Republic in early 2013. Xi Jinping became the new General Secretary of the Party and later President of the People�s Republic, and Li Keqiang was appointed Premier.
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Civilising China
(Canberra, ACT : Australian Centre on China in the World (CIW), College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University., 2013) Australian National University. Australian Centre on China in the World; Barme, Geremie R; Goldkorn, Jeremy
This second China Story Yearbook covers the period during which the fifth generation of Chinese leaders took control of the Communist Party, in late 2012, and then the government of the People's Republic in early 2013. Xi Jinping became the new General Secretary of the Party and later President of the People's Republic, and Li Keqiang was appointed Premier.
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China-Japan: What Comes Next?
(Australian Centre on China in the World - Australian National University, 2014) King, Amy
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Shared Destiny
(ANU Press, 2014) Australian National University. Australian Centre on China in the World; Barme, Geremie R; Jaivin, Linda; Goldkorn, Jeremy
In the China Story Yearbook 2014: Shared Destiny, we take as our theme a concept emphasised by Xi Jinping, the leader of China's partystate, in October 2013 when he spoke of the People’s Republic being part of a Community of Shared Destiny, officially translated as a Community of Common Destiny. The expression featured in Chinese pronouncements from as early as 2007 when it was declared that the Mainland and Taiwan formed a Community of Shared Destiny. Addressing the issue of China’s relations with the countries that surround it at the inaugural Periphery Diplomacy Work Forum held in Beijing on 24 October 2013, Xi Jinping further developed the idea when he summed up the engagement between the People’s Republic and its neighbours by using a series of ‘Confucian-style’ one-word expressions: positive bilateral and multilateral relationships were to be based on amity, sincerity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness .
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China & ANU-Diplomats, Adventurers, Scholars
(ANU Press, 2015) Sima, William
The Pacific War and its aftermath radically transformed Australian perceptions of what was then called the �Near North�. Many recognised that in the postwar world Australia�s strategic interests and economic fortunes called for a new understanding of Asia and the Pacific. China loomed large in these calculations. Based on extensive research and featuring rare archival documents and photographs, China & ANU introduces the diplomats, adventurers and scholars who contributed to Australia�s engagement with China, the �Chinese Commonwealth� and our region from the 1940s-1950s. In particular, this book focusses on the interconnection between Australia�s first diplomat-scholars in China and the founding of Chinese Studies at the newly established Australian National University.
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Eye in the Sky
(Canberra, ACT : Australian Centre on China in the World, The Australian National University, 2016) Australian National University. Australian Centre on China in the World
To wrap up a tumultuous year in Chinese labour and civil society, we are pleased to announce the publication of the fourth issue of Made in China. Among the most notable events in the last quarter are the protests that erupted at several plants in China owned by multinational companies, such as Coca-Cola, Danone, and Sony, following the announcement that the factories would be sold to local Chinese companies. Other significant happenings include a series of blasts at Chinese coal mines that claimed dozens of lives and prompted widespread public questioning of the commitment of the authorities to workplace safety in the mining sector, as well as the sentencing of Meng Han�the last labour activist on trial as part of the crackdown of December 2015�to twenty-one months in prison. In the China Columns section, we present three essays that offer distinct perspectives on how the party-state manages and controls an increasingly unequal and fractured society.
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Hammer to Fall
(Canberra, ACT : Australian Centre on China in the World, The Australian National University, 2016) Australian National University. Australian Centre on China in the World
We are pleased to announce the second issue of Made in China. In this issue, we open with a series of Briefs that provide an overview of notable stories that have taken place over the past three months. In the last quarter, one of the most important developments for Chinese civil society is the passing of the Law on the Management of Foreign NGOs� Activities within Mainland China on 28 April. Although a draft released early last year had received extensive domestic and international criticism, the Law was passed with only minor revisions. What we previously described as a sword of Damocles looming over Chinese civil society has now become reality.
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Heart of Darkness?
(Canberra, ACT : Australian Centre on China in the World, The Australian National University, 2016) Australian National University. Australian Centre on China in the World
We are pleased to announce the third issue of Made in China. As usual, we open with a series of Briefs where we provide an overview of notable stories that occurred over the past three months. Undoubtedly the most important development is the conviction, but suspended sentences, of labour activists Zeng Feiyang, Zhu Xiaomei, and Tang Huanxing, while a fourth activist, Meng Han, is still awaiting trial. In the midst of an oppressive political climate, a suspended sentence comes as a relief to Chinese labour NGOs, which are already struggling to survive due to government repression and increasing financial constraints.
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What Does Wukan Have to Do With Democracy?
(Australian Centre on China in the World, 2016) Tomba, Luigi
In September 2011, the village of Wukan, Guangdong Province, made international headlines for its violent protests against the illegal sale of land by their corrupt village elite. Villagers were successful in both toppling the existing village leadership and electing, in their stead, the moral leaders of the revolt as their new village committee. A few months ago, the original leader of the protests was arrested on unclear corruption charges, an event that led to violent clashes between villagers and police. Is Wukan's sad story an example of a conscious democratic challenge to the existing system?
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Pollution
(ANU Press, 2016) Australian National University. Australian Centre on China in the World; Davies, Gloria; Goldkorn, Jeremy; Tomba, Luigi
A key cultural and media event in 2015 was the release, rapid viral popularity, and then nearly complete censorship of'Under the Dome'????, a documentary about the costs to society of environmental pollution. This edition of the China Story yearbook tackles the theme of pollution: environmental, spiritual, and digital.
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A new beginning
(Canberra, ACT : Australian Centre on China in the World, The Australian National University, 2016) Australian National University. Australian Centre on China in the World
With this first issue, we are pleased to announce the launch of Made in China, a quarterly on Chinese labour, civil society, and rights. This project stems from our previous experiences as editors of a newsletter on Chinese labour funded by the Italian Trade Union Institute for Development Cooperation (Ivan Franceschini) and co-editor of the website China Labour News Translations (Kevin Lin). In the last few years, the Chinese labour movement has witnessed significant developments, not only with the occurrence of some of the largest strikes in decades but also the emergence of grave challenges for workers and activists. As researchers of Chinese labour, we believe that this calls for more serious analysis from both scholars and practitioners, as well for a critical engagement with a broader international audience interested in forging international solidarity. It is with these aims in mind—and thanks to the support of the Australian Centre on China in the World, ANU, and the European Union Horizon 2020 Programme— that we are now starting this new venture. In this first issue, you will find summaries of recent events that have taken place in China, as well as a series of columns on specific topics, such as the recent wave of protests in the Chinese state sector and the expected impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on labour rights. We devote the core of the first issue to the plight of Chinese labour NGOs, contextualising it through a debate between three promi-With this first issue, we are pleased to announce the launch of Made in China, a quarterly on Chinese labour, civil society, and rights. This project stems from our previous experiences as editors of a newsletter on Chinese labour funded by the Italian Trade Union Institute for Development Cooperation (Ivan Franceschini) and co-editor of the website China Labour News Translations (Kevin Lin). In the last few years, the Chinese labour movement has witnessed significant developments, not only with the occurrence of some of the largest strikes in decades but also the emergence of grave challenges for workers and activists. As researchers of Chinese labour, we believe that this calls for more serious analysis from both scholars and practitioners, as well for a critical engagement with a broader international audience interested in forging international solidarity. It is with these aims in mind—and thanks to the support of the Australian Centre on China in the World, ANU, and the European Union Horizon 2020 Programme— that we are now starting this new venture. In this first issue, you will find summaries of recent events that have taken place in China, as well as a series of columns on specific topics, such as the recent wave of protests in the Chinese state sector and the expected impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on labour rights. We devote the core of the first issue to the plight of Chinese labour NGOs, contextualising it through a debate between three promi-With this first issue, we are pleased to announce the launch of Made in China, a quarterly on Chinese labour, civil society, and rights. This project stems from our previous experiences as editors of a newsletter on Chinese labour funded by the Italian Trade Union Institute for Development Cooperation (Ivan Franceschini) and co-editor of the website China Labour News Translations (Kevin Lin). In the last few years, the Chinese labour movement has witnessed significant developments, not only with the occurrence of some of the largest strikes in decades but also the emergence of grave challenges for workers and activists. As researchers of Chinese labour, we believe that this calls for more serious analysis from both scholars and practitioners, as well for a critical engagement with a broader international audience interested in forging international solidarity. It is with these aims in mind—and thanks to the support of the Australian Centre on China in the World, ANU, and the European Union Horizon 2020 Programme— that we are now starting this new venture. In this first issue, you will find summaries of recent events that have taken place in China, as well as a series of columns on specific topics, such as the recent wave of protests in the Chinese state sector and the expected impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on labour rights. We devote the core of the first issue to the plight of Chinese labour NGOs, contextualising it through a debate between three promi-nent international labour experts. Finally, we celebrate the award of the prestigious Joseph Levenson Prize to Luigi Tomba, a long-standing researcher of Chinese labour. The newsletter is hosted by Chinoiresie. info, a forthcoming collective blog edited by young scholars and dedicated to the analysis of Chinese society. If you are interested in sharing your insights on this newsletter, or on the website, you can contact us at madeinchina@chinoiresie. info. We welcome any feedback and we hope you will consider sharing this newsletter with y our friends and colleagues.
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Disturbances in Heaven
(Canberra, ACT : ANU Press, The Australian National University., 2017) Australian National University. Australian Centre on China in the World; Franceschini, Ivan; Lin, Kevin; Loubere, Nicholas
According to the Chinese zodiac, 2016 was the year of the fire monkey. What better character than Sun Wukong to inspire this inaugural volume of the Made in China Yearbook? In this past year, Chinese workers and activists from all walks of life have struggled under heightened repression by the Chinese party-state, showing remarkable endurance even under these dire circumstances. Through their battles, however small or short-lived, they repeatedly challenged the message of 'harmony' put forward by the Chinese authorities, creating 'disturbances' in the imaginary heaven engineered by the party-state. All of this is nothing other than proof of the survival of the monkey spirit in Chinese society. Even when trapped under a mountain of repression, or in terrible pain due to the curse of the magic headband of state control, the monkey still manages to briefly wriggle free, reminding us that not all is well, that not everything is predictable.
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The Good Earth
(Canberra, ACT : Australian Centre on China in the World, The Australian National University, 2017) Australian National University. Australian Centre on China in the World
While global attention has focussed on China's top-down environmental efforts, in this issue of Made in China we consider the engagement of Chinese citizens with state policies on the environment, and look into their potential for articulating workable grassroots alternatives. In particular, we examine the management of public resources 'the so-called 'commons'.
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Fare Thee Well, Chinese Civil Society?
(Canberra, ACT : Australian Centre on China in the World, The Australian National University, 2017) Australian National University. Australian Centre on China in the World
For many years now, Chinese civil society has been the focus of considerable expectations for scholars, journalists, and politicians all over the world. There has been great eagerness to salute every small victory by Chinese NGOs and activists over the powerful party-state as evidence that the authoritarian tide was finally receding in China, and that grassroots forces were stepping up to take a new role in Chinese politics and society. In light of these high hopes, it is not surprising that the recent troubling news coming from China has been acutely disappointing and has dampened people's enthusiasm. With the arrest of yet another activist, the airing of yet another public confession, the closure of yet another NGO working for the weak and disenfranchised, and the passing of yet another repressive law, the world has come to view Chinese civil society as if it were on its deathbed. For sure, an idea of Chinese civil society is ailing. But, if we consider the swiftness with which the party-state has tamed these forces (at least for the time being), was this civil society ever there in first place? Or were we simply projecting our hopes onto a handful of Chinese grassroots organisations and activis ts? While we mourn the death of an ideal, it is imperative that we overcome our sorrow to look at the momentous changes that are currently taking place in the realm of Chinese civil society. In this issue of Made in China, we offer a series of perspectives on these developments.

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