Writer
Jane Golley
Jane Golley is Director of the Australian Centre on China in the World at the Australian National University.
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Australia’s China knowledge capability: gratitude, dismay, hope
A visceral emphasis on fear over engagement has marked Australia’s approach to China since 2015. Only 17 Australians graduated with Honours degrees in China Studies between 2017 and 2021 across the entire country. This year no grants were awarded by the Australian Research Council for China-related research or collaborative research involving Chinese institutions. Will the Continue reading »
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The Chinese economy: fact, fiction, faith and flexibility
The Chinese economy has long been a source of contention, with predictions of its “imminent collapse” pitted against portrayals of its strength and resilience. Continue reading »
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Searching for silver linings in relations with China
In a year that has been harrowing in so many ways, these last few weeks have been particularly unpleasant for many of us involved in the increasingly ugly and fractious “China debates”. Well before Senator Abetz’s alarming inquisition into the loyalties of three Chinese-Australians, I had been reflecting on my own part in these debates, Continue reading »
