Scholarships available to Australian citizens and permanent resident for postgraduate study (masters and PhD) with a focus on “strengthening Australia-Asia ties” and for undergraduates for “Asian Exchange”. Further information is available through the following partner universities: The University of Adelaide…
Australia-China Council Grants
The Australia-China Council (ACC) is pleased to announce the successful grant recipients for 2015-16. The ACC awarded funding to 30 projects in the strategic priority areas of Arts & Culture, Education and Economic Diplomacy and Australian Studies in China. The…
Three Seminars on the Chinese Economy
Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Melbourne Professor Yao Yang Dean, National School of Development, Peking University 12:30-2:00pm, Tuesdays in August (see below) Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room, Level 1, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, University of Melbourne The eminent Chinese…
The Chinese Mayor
2015, 89 mins, China Directed by Hao Zhou 6:00–8:00pm, Saturday, 1 August 2015 Palace Electric Cinema, 2 Phillip Law Street, New Acton, Canberra An extraordinary insight into contemporary China, with a visionary politician trying to balance massive cultural development with…
The Hugh White Thesis: Five Years On
Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS 5.30 pm for a 6.00 pm start, Tuesday August 11 2015 Bloomberg Auditorium, level 27, 1 Bligh Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 In 2010 Professor Hugh White challenged Australians when he wrote ‘Power Shift: Australia’s future between…
Accountability and Control in the Xi Jinping Era
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN 21-22 August 2015 The Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies presents the 2015 Melbourne Conference on China to be held at the Sidney Myer Asia Centre, The University of Melbourne, Carlton. The Chinese leadership is confronted with a…
Leung Ping-kwan, Voice of Hong Kong
Seminar Series – Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Melbourne Professor John Minford, Australian National University 5.30pm, Thursday 6 August 2015 Room 321, Level 3, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, University of Melbourne The Hong Kong poet, essayist, short story…
New Asia Now
Lecture: Griffith Review 6pm-7pm, Monday 10 August 2015 Theatre, Lower Ground 1, National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra Join Professor Julianne Schultz AM, founding editor of Griffith Review, and three outstanding young writers as they provide fresh perspectives on…
China’s National Security in the Information Age
ANU China Seminar Series Greg Austin 4:00pm – 5:30pm, Thursday 30 Jul 2015 Seminar Room, China in the World Building 188, Fellows Lane, ANU In 2014, President Xi Jinping took formal control of all economic, security and military aspects of…
Chinese NGOs in Sub-Saharan Africa
China Studies Centre, University of Sydney Opportunities and Constraints for the Expansion of Chinese NGOs in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Ethiopia and Malawi Jennifer Y.J. Hsu 12pm – 1.30pm, Tuesday 4 August 2015 Room 310, Old Teachers College…