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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.

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...

What does China really want from the Pacific?
John LeeDecember 5, 2007Islands Business

Why is China so interested in the Pacific? After all, despite the differences in size,...

Capital flows the wrong way in China
John LeeOctober 25, 2007The Australian Financial Review

China has recently indicated that it intends to move away from an investment-driven growth strategy...

The danger of pursuing ‘Harmony’ in Chinese foreign policy
John LeeOctober 24, 2007The Canberra Times

The recently concluded five-yearly congress in Beijing reaffirmed two things. First, President Hu Jintao is...

A contrarian view of the economic miracle
Sheila MelvinOctober 22, 2007South China Morning Post

In Will China Fail? The Limits and Contradictions of Market Socialism, author John Lee takes...

Will the China boom last? – don’t bet your house on it
John LeeOctober 10, 2007The West Australian

Ask anyone in Western Australia whether China presents an economic risk or opportunity and there...

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