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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.

China Inc’s March debacle
John LeeApril 3, 2009

March has been a terrible month for the China Inc brand in Australia and enormously...

Why China fears Obama: The danger of an attractive America
John LeeFebruary 2, 2009The New York Times

In contrast to the general rush in most parts of the world to congratulate Barack...

The Year of the Ox will bring little prosperity for the Chinese
John LeeJanuary 25, 2009The Times

Twelve months ago, a well-known bear on the Chinese economy revealed to me that a...

China’s Insecurity and Search for Power
John LeeNovember 13, 2008IA101

Sir Winston Churchill once said of Russia that its future actions were ‘a riddle, wrapped...

PAP replacing PLA as the Party’s army
John LeeJune 18, 2008China Brief

Following the crackdown of Tibetan protesters in March, President Hu Jintao issued a call for...

China’s complicit universities
John LeeJune 9, 2008Campus Review

It is true that intellectuals tend to give more weight to their role in society...

The Fantasy of Taming China’s Rise
John LeeMay 5, 2010FPA3

‘The idea that the US can manage China is failing and America, including its allies...

Will China Fail: The Limits and Contradictions of Market Socialism 2nd Edition
John LeeMay 28, 2009PM96

Debates about China have been overloaded by the burden of interests rather than investigation, by...

China’s Insecurity and Search for Power
John LeeNovember 13, 2008IA101

Sir Winston Churchill once said of Russia that its future actions were ‘a riddle, wrapped...

Putting Democracy in China on Hold
John LeeMay 28, 2008IA95

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

Even now our universities remain addicted to China
Salvatore BabonesFebruary 19, 2020The Australian

Australia isn’t the only country exposed to a novel coronavirus recession in China. The COVID-19...

Coronavirus shock
Salvatore BabonesFebruary 7, 2020Ideas@TheCentre

China’s coronavirus outbreak has disrupted travel plans for millions of people — and could cost...

Our China-dependent universities cannot escape the financial shock of coronavirus
Salvatore BabonesJanuary 31, 2020The Sydney Morning Herald

China’s coronavirus outbreak has disrupted travel plans for millions of people – and could cost...

Communists lose the ability to care for themselves
Salvatore BabonesJanuary 31, 2020The Australian

Severe acute respiratory syndrome 2003. Pneumonic plague 2009. Coronavirus 2020. Avian flu just about every...

Another rebuke to Beijing
Tom SwitzerJanuary 17, 2020Ideas@TheCentre

Last weekend, Taiwan’s first female leader was re-elected in a landslide to claim a new...

Time to round up neighbours to resist China
Salvatore BabonesJanuary 6, 2020

If you think the Great Barrier Reef is in trouble, spare a tear for Subi...

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