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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. INTERVIEW: Australia and the Rise of China

    Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe | 20 Aug 2011 | POLICY Magazine

    Paul Monk tells Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe that China's rise could require tough decisions about accommodating or resisting... Read More...

  2. After the Wall – Reflections on the Legacy of 1989

    John Lee, Lee Duffield, Martin Kyrgier, Oliver Marc Hartwich | 08 Sep 2010 | Occasional Papers

    When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, it marked the end of the Cold War and of Eastern European communism. Two decades on, The... Read More...

  3. BOOK REVIEW: When China Rules the World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World

    John Lee | 17 Jun 2010 | POLICY Magazine

    When China Rules the World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World by Martin Jacques

  4. 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.

  5. 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...

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Opinion & Commentary

  1. Avoiding conflict but quietly waving flag

    Jessica Brown | 21 Nov 2011 | Newcastle Herald

    Southeast Asian governments will welcome increased US involvement in the region.... Read More

  2. Complacency is the danger in Asia's power games

    John Lee | 01 Aug 2011 | The Australian

    Even if one disagrees with Wolfowitz's thinking on the Middle East, this viewpoint on China policy cannot be easily dismissed. ... Read More

  3. Pakistan a Chinese pawn to stall India

    John Lee | 19 Jul 2011 | The Australian

    AT the Shangri-La Dialogue meeting of defence ministers in Singapore last month, Indian Defence Minister Pallam Raju was ... Read More

  4. China’s exports don’t fuel boom

    John Lee | 06 Jul 2011 | The Washington Times

    While China undoubtedly needs both for the communist party to remain in power, the dilemma for the country’s leaders is ... Read More

  5. ASEAN must include US in talks on South China Sea

    Jessica Brown | 05 Jul 2011 | The Jakarta Post

    Indonesia was positioning itself as an ‘honest broker’ in the South China Sea dispute. Now it appears much more circumspect.... Read More

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Ideas@TheCentre

  1. Texting tragedy

    Meegan Cornforth | 25 Nov 2011

    Introduction of laws in Pakistan that ban the use of certain words in mobile texts afflicts the most basic human right - ...

  2. The famous and infamous Paul Wolfowitz

    John Lee | 29 Jul 2011

    Paul Wolfowitz and his ideas about China....

  3. No one cares about human rights in China these days... except the Chinese people

    John Lee | 28 Jan 2011

    Chinese leaders remain defensive and fearful when it comes to the issue of human rights....

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

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