This Deakin Arts & Education Faculty research network seeks to address the challenges for the Australia-China bilateral education relationship emerging from the current climate.
Things have been a little quiet in terms of the network’s communications and events in 2022. This is because we have been busy conducting the research project: Australia, New Zealand and China relations and the impact on education. The project is a cross-institutional collaboration involving researchers within the Australia-China Relations and Higher Education Research Network, […]
By Rebecca Cairns Last week (25 March, 2022) the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS), chaired by Senator James Peterson, released the recommendations of the inquiry into security risks affecting the Australian higher education and research sector. The report put the spotlight on Chinese foreign interference. It also reinforces that the protection of […]
To recap the year, we asked network members for some recommended reading in the Australia-China and education space, including their own research. Here are their recommendations: Jeffrey Gil Lo Bianco, J. (2021) Australia needs to make languages compulsory, Melbourne Asia Review An informative reflection on Asian language education policy in Australia, including how it’s been […]
The Australia China Relations and Higher Education Research Network invites you to join us to look back on the year that was in the tumultuous Australia China relationship. This seminar will be a conversation with two ABC journalists – Max Walden and Iris Zhao – discussing this important and troubled relationship from their journalistic and […]
By Dr. Jeffrey Gil, Flinders University Imagine there was a country which decided to promote its language and culture around the world. This country had experienced several decades of spectacular economic growth and was a rising world power. This country knew that there was some apprehension about its rise and was eager to address this. […]
We are excited to celebrate the publications of our network members – we will feature their work here. Be sure to check back to see what is new, and let us know if you have a new book you’d like to share! We are also putting together a shared Zotero library – you can view […]
How the Communist Party of China’s Centenary was celebrated at one university in central China Dr Yingmei Luo The 1st of July 2021 marked the centenary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and there have been various celebrations at every corner of the People’s Republic of China. In government agencies, non-government organisations, universities, schools, […]
By Dr Rebecca Cairns, Lecturer in Education, Deakin University Throughout 2021, the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) campaign to commemorate its centenary utilised a range of strategies to promote official Party history and its preferred narrative. These included new editions of history books, exhibitions, advertising, opera, apps, light shows, TV dramas, the promotion of […]
We’ve been noticing some excellent pieces of writing and research recently, so we are sharing them here. Academic freedom is paramount for universities. They can do more to protect it from China’s interference This piece by Yun Jiang at the ANU was published in The Conversation earlier this week, after the report by Human Rights […]
By Danping Wang, Senior Lecturer of Chinese, the University of Auckland For many Chinese people watching international news in April 2021, what New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta said about New Zealand’s new approach to China was unexpected. But for the members of the Five Eyes group*, especially Australia, it was clearly a betrayal. That […]