“Who will marry my daughter?”

PUBLIC LECTURE “Who will marry my daughter?”: Shanghai Parental Match-Making Corner and the Zhiqing Generation Peidong Sun Department of History, Fudan University Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Melbourne Venue: Room 321, Level 3, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, The…

Northeast Asia and the Korean War

WORKSHOP Date: 10am-12pm, Saturday 19 July 2014 Location: Talanoa Room, Level 2, Coombs Building (9) Australian National University The workshop is part of the continuing collaborative project, “Northeast Asia and the Korean War: Legacies of Hot and Cold Wars in…

China Update @ ANU

CONFERENCE On 11 July 2014, the China Economy Program within the Crawford School, in collaboration with the Rio Tinto–ANU China Partnership, will present the fourteenth China Update. At this annual event, leading academics, policy makers and government representatives discuss the…

Justice: The China Experience

WORKSHOP 10-11 July 2014 Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus Under both Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping’s leaderships, the party-state has adapted to the challenges posed by breakneck economic growth and inequalities of income by adjusting civil, criminal and administrative litigation…

China’s West and Tibet

PUBLIC LECTURE, SYDNEY IDEAS A China Studies Centre Distinguished Speaker Lecture co-presented with the Australian Centre on China in the World at ANU and the Australia Institute of International Affairs. Date: 6.00pm – 7.30pm, 16 July 2014 Venue: Law School…

China Symposium @ UMelb

SYMPOSIUM 5:00pm to 7:00pm, Wednesday 9 July 2014 Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre, Arts West Building, University of Melbourne The Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies and Faculty of Business and Economics The China Symposium brings together leading academics and policy advisors to…

Beijing by Linda Jaivin

BOOK LAUNCH 6pm Wednesday 9 July 2014 Asia Bookroom, Unit 2, 1 – 3 Lawry Place, Macquarie, ACT Linda Jaivin in conversation with Geremie Barmé About the book: Beijing is an intimate and informed portrait of a city at the…