Linda Jakobson
Linda Jakobson is the founding Director and Deputy Chair of China Matters, an independent Australian policy institute that aims to advance sound China policy and inject realism into discussions about the rise of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Australia-China relations. Ms Jakobson was the Beijing-based Director of the Program for China and Global Security for the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute; Director of the East Asia Program at the Lowy Institute; and a visiting professor at Sydney University. A Mandarin speaker, she has lived and worked in China for 22 years. She is the author of five books about China and East Asia and has advised governments on China policy in seven countries.
Linda's recent articles
8 May 2023
Vale Allan Gyngell
A dear friend, amazing mentor and an invaluable China Matters board director who was instrumental to ensuring independent voices on China issues were still alive in Australia.
10 February 2021
Why should Australia be concerned about rising tensions in the Taiwan Strait?
The pivotal reason that peace has endured for 70 years has disappeared. President of the Peoples Republic of China Xi Jinping has declared he wants to oversee movement toward unification during his lifetime.
25 October 2020
McCarthyism is now rampant in Australia
Linda Jakobson spoke at the National Security Summit hosted by the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age on 22 October 2020 on the issue of foreign interference in Australian education and society.