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There are ongoing implications for Australia of economic and social changes in one of our largest neighbours and trading partners.  Our work will continue to anticipate domestic economic and political developments within China and trends in Chinese foreign policy.

Publications

  1. FEATURE: The Geo-Political Shape of Asia in 2020

    John Lee | 17 Jun 2010 | POLICY Magazine

    Despite China's current rise, the strategic environment in Asia is changing more slowly than many believe.

  2. The Fantasy of Taming China’s Rise

    John Lee | 05 May 2010 | Foreign Policy Analysis

    In The Fantasy of Taming China’s Rise, Dr John Lee, CIS Foreign Policy Research Fellow, argues that the belief that China... Read More...

  3. Will China Fail: The Limits and Contradictions of Market Socialism 2nd Edition

    John Lee | 24 Jun 2009 | Policy Monographs

    With the onset of the global economic crisis, China remains one of the only major economies likely to avoid recession. Released... Read More...

  4. FEATURE: Is China really an 'East Asian success story'?

    John Lee | 04 Jun 2009 | POLICY Magazine

    State-controlled investment in China provides poor financial returns.

  5. China’s Insecurity and Search for Power

    John Lee | 13 Nov 2008 | Issue Analysis

    Although China feels vulnerable now, there is no doubt that it intends to eventually supersede American power and influence... Read More...

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Opinion & Commentary

  1. If only China were more like Japan

    John Lee | 01 Sep 2010 | Business Week

    China is heading toward a Japanese-style economic debacle and that the process won’t be as gradual or peaceful, says John ... Read More

  2. China's Water Grab

    John Lee | 24 Aug 2010 | Foreign Policy

    Forget the South China Sea. If America really cares about strengthening its presence in Asia, it’ll focus on the Mekong ... Read More

  3. China's rise and the road to war

    John Lee | 05 Aug 2010 | The Wall Street Journal

    As with Germany a century ago, an emerging power is overestimating its capabilities, says  John Lee in The Wall Street Journal, ... Read More

  4. Obama Switching Sides Over China

    John Lee | 30 Jul 2010 | The Weekly Standard

    There is renewed American preparedness to join with regional allies and partners in checking China’s ambition, says John ... Read More

  5. Unpacking the black box

    John Lee | 30 Jul 2010 | Newsweek

    China’s dicey statistics tell us a lot, says John Lee in Newsweek, 30 July 2010.... Read More

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Ideas@TheCentre

  1. Obama ditches soft approach towards China

    John Lee | 05 Feb 2010

    If 2009 was the year of treating China with kid gloves, 2010 is likely to be much more tumultuous with President Barack Obama ...

  2. Chinese appeasement irks Indians

    John Lee | 04 Dec 2009

    President Barrack Obama’s choice of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as his first state visitor last week was meant ...

  3. Why America Will Lead the 'Asian Century'

    John Lee | 21 Aug 2009

    The decline of American influence in Asia is exaggerated. True, power and influence are built on the back of economic success ...

  4. Why China will not become like Singapore

    John Lee | 26 Jun 2009

    Recent conversations with Chinese political scientists brought home the great extent to which Beijing is obsessed with watching, ...

  5. China Inc’s March debacle

    John Lee | 03 Apr 2009

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

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