Author Archives: Colin Mackerras

Colin Mackerras

About Colin Mackerras

COLIN MACKERRAS, AO, FAHA is Professor Emeritus at Griffith University, Queensland. He has visited and worked in China many times, during the first working as a teacher of English from 1964 to 1966 at the Beijing Foreign Studies University. He is a specialist on Chinese history, theatre, minority nationalities, Western images of China and Australia-China relations and has written widely on all topics. His many books include Western Perspectives on the People's Republic of China, Politics, Economy and Society, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 2015.

No war with China, cold or hot

By Colin Mackerras | On 7 August 2020

Australia must say no to any war with China, cold or hot. We must not follow US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in characterising US-China relations in Manichean terms, such as “freedom and democracy against tyranny”.

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China is not a threat to Australia

By Colin Mackerras | On 6 July 2020

China is neither an enemy nor a threat to Australia. The Morrison government and mainstream media do us all a great disservice when they set it up as such. This anti-China paranoia must stop, now!!

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COLIN MACKERRAS. The mess of Australia-China relations

By Colin Mackerras | On 28 May 2020

The downward spiral in Australia-China relations must stop. The Australian government must take a lead towards a major and long overdue reset.

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