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While accepting the importance and value of the trade relationship with China, our new program called China and Free Societies aims to raise awareness of the challenges growing Chinese government influence poses to a free and democratic Australia.

Reassessing China’s future beyond the Beijing Olympics
John LeeJune 1, 2008AIIA Policy Commentary

China has averaged double digit growth each year for over three decades and its economy...

Why China’s loyal youth no longer want democracy
John LeeMay 31, 2008The Weekend Australian

In the last two decades, China’s economy has tripled in size. The numbers of young,...

Democracy for the few
John LeeMay 31, 2008The Business Spectator

China’s transformation from the backward, autocratic economy of just three decades ago is probably the...

‘China’s unbalanced economy providing silver lining
John LeeMay 30, 2008The Age

Chinese leaders and economists have been saying for a decade that its economy is pulled...

Putting democracy in China on hold
John LeeMay 28, 2008

WHY DEMOCRACY IS GOING BACKWARDS IN CHINA Since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest, China has...

Bachelors wreaking havoc in China
John LeeMay 28, 2008The Courier Mail

China’s leaders seem to be good at fixing big problems. They have transformed a backward...

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Dealing with the Digital Yuan. Policy choices facing Australia
Alice HanFebruary 15, 2023AP43

Summary: Dealing with the Digital Yuan. Policy choices facing Australia Throughout history, financial innovation has...

Chinese Whispers: China’s media influence and pushback in Australia and Asia
Ming-Chang TsaiDecember 20, 2022AP41

China’s global media influence has encountered increasing pushback from numerous countries. This report looks at...

The Philippines Caught between Appeasing and Constraining China: How Australia can help tip the balance
Renato Cruz De CastroSeptember 28, 2021PP44

There is much debate about whether the relationship of Philippines vs China should be one...

Xi Dreams of 100 More Glorious Years for the Party: Might China Awake?
Rowan CallickSeptember 16, 2021AP26

The Chinese Communist Party is at the peak of its power as it enters its...

Crucial Collaboration: The Case for Closer Australia-UK Defence and Security Ties in Light of a Rising China
Tom TugendhatJune 23, 2021PP42

This paper argues that the now is the time to broaden and deepen the Australia-UK...

Resisting China’s Economic Coercion: Why America should support Australia
Alan DupontApril 8, 2021PP38

China’s unprecedented trade campaign against Australia is a case study in economic coercion for geopolitical...

Obama switching sides over China
John LeeJuly 30, 2010Weekly Standard

American policy toward China is defined by a debate between the ‘functionalists’ and the ‘strategists.’...

The uncurious case of Xue Feng’s jail sentence
John LeeJuly 8, 2010Forbes

As Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu sat in the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court...

Hardsell soft power
John LeeJuly 2, 2010The Hindustan Times

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is obsessed with building ‘soft power’ — the attractiveness of...

The great China tech rip-off
Oliver Marc HartwichJune 24, 2010Business Spectator

China's resilient economic growth has prevented the economic crisis from becoming an economic catastrophe for...

A well-timed currency kowtow
John LeeJune 21, 2010The Wall Street Journal

The statement by the People’s Bank of China Saturday that it will again insert more...

India’s edge over China: soft power
John LeeJune 17, 2010Business Week

While China’s neighbours look at the country’s rise with a mixture of apprehension and admiration,...

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