The ACRI Podcast
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The ACRI Podcast
The Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI) is an independent, non-partisan research institute established in 2014 by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Chinese studies centres exist in other Australian universities. UTS:ACRI, however, is Australia’s first and only research institute devo...
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Australia's export mix, industrial base and economic resilience challenge
UTS:ACRI research report 'Australia's export mix, industrial base and economic resilience challenge': https://bit.ly/3q3cn1Y
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Australia’s export exposure to China: Assessing the costs of disruption
UTS:ACRI working paper 'Australia’s export exposure to China: Assessing the costs of disruption': https://bit.ly/3DVzfFj
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44. COVID-19: US-China war of words and geopolitical implications - with Xie Tao
In this episode of the UTS:ACRI Podcast’s new series delivering analysis of COVID-19 and its impacts within the context of the Australia-China relatio...
43. COVID-19: Supply-chain risks and foreign investment - with Jeffrey Wilson
In this episode of the UTS:ACRI Podcast’s new series delivering analysis of COVID-19 and its impacts within the context of the Australia-China relatio...
42. COVID-19: What is the Australia-China economic impact? - with James Laurenceson
As the unprecedented public health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to permeate into both daily life and the broader currents of internationa...
41. Australia-China artificial intelligence research collaboration - with Michael Zhou
An increasingly scrutinised aspect of Australia's relationship with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is collaboration – particularly between unive...
40. Nationalism and the People's Republic of China - with Rowan Callick
Nationalism has a complex history in post-Qing dynasty China, such that there are few – if any – absolutes in the conceptualisations and manifestation...
39. Australia and the Belt and Road Initiative: Latest developments – with Dirk van der Kley
Conceptually defined as a program of connectivity enhancement and written into the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) charter in 2017, the ambitious Belt a...
38. Cybersecurity: Developments in the PRC and implications for Australia - with Greg Austin
The development and uptake of cyber-systems has been rapid and widespread in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The PRC government has consequently...
37. Australia, the PRC and human rights - with Jocelyn Chey and Richard Broinowski
As the Australia-China bilateral relationship has grown since the establishment of formal diplomatic relations in 1972, discourse on the relationship...
36. China's cities: Opportunities beyond tier 1 - with Nick Henderson
As China’s domestic economy and per capita income has grown since the beginning of the Chinese government’s ‘reform and opening up’ strategy, the oppo...
35. Australia, the PRC, and the Pacific - with Tess Newton Cain
The Pacific has become much more central to foreign policy discussions in Australia over the last few years, with clear political bipartisanship on th...
34. Japan-China relations and implications for Australia - with Amy King
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Japan have long had a fraught relationship, with tensions deeply rooted in history. The rift between the two...
33. Xinjiang's re-education camps - with Fergus Ryan and Nathan Ruser
Since early 2017, there have been disturbing reports of the arbitrary extrajudicial detention of ethnic and religious minorities in China’s Xinjiang p...
32. The China-Australia Free Trade Agreement and Australian business - with Tamara Oyarce
December 2018 marks three years since the China-Australia Free Trade Agreeement (ChAFTA) entered into force. What is the significance of the agreement...
31. Australia's South China Sea policy - with Andrew Chubb
The Australian government regularly expresses concern about territorial disputes in the South China Sea and China’s militarisation of disputed feature...
30. Australian media discourse on China - with James Laurenceson
When Australia talks about China, the China Opportunity and the China Challenge forms part of the discourse. The China Opportunity reflects the enormo...
29. Russia-China relations: Strategic intimacy or soft competition? - with Alexey Muraviev
Russia-China relations have a complex history. Recently, with the Trump administration’s hardening China policy, often contradictory Russia policy, an...
Australian and PRC government conceptions of the international order - with Simone van Nieuwenhuizen
In Australia, discussion of the current state and future of the international order is thriving. This discussion has been precipitated by the People’s...
27. Australian participation in Asia-Pacific infrastructure initiatives - with Jeffrey Wilson
While the Asia-Pacific region has well-developed institutional infrastructure, its physical infrastructure lags behind. This constrains economic integ...
26. Australian responses to a changing world - with Nick Bisley
Australia faces an international environment unlike any it has faced since becoming an independent foreign policy player in the 1940s. The economic an...
25. Chinese-Australians and the Australia-China relationship - with Jieh-Yung Lo
Australia-China relations are currently strained. There is much media discussion about international students and political donors from China. However...
24. China policy in New Zealand and Australia - with Jason Young
New Zealand and Australia are geographically close, and similar in many ways. When it comes to China policy, there are similarities but also important...
23. Cultural diversity in Australian leadership - with Philipp Ivanov
We like to think of Australia as a multicultural and inclusive nation. But a new report, 'Leading for change: A blueprint for cultural diversity and i...
22. Expectations and experiences of Chinese university students in Australia - with Fran Martin
For about a year now, there has been heated debate about Chinese international students on Australian university campuses. In 2017 media reported on f...
21. China's aid in the Pacific - with Merriden Varrall
In recent years, China’s aid in the Pacific has come under increased scrutiny. Some suggest that China’s infrastructure projects and loans lead to uns...
20. The new Chinese in Australia - with Barry Li
Australia is a country built on immigration, and the Chinese diaspora forms an important part of Australian society. Yet there is often a lack of unde...
19. Chinese and Australian attitudes towards regionalism - with He Baogang
The term ‘Indo-Pacific’ is increasingly used by Australian academics and policymakers to describe the region in which Australia is located. It is ofte...
18. China's ageing population - with Lauren Johnston
Some analysts suggest that China’s long-term economic development prospects are stymied by its ageing population, and claim that China will ‘grow old...
17. China's phantom democracy - with John Keane
Some observers describe China as an authoritarian regime or dictatorship. China is often perceived in these terms due to the Chinese Communist Party’s...
16. Learning Chinese in Australia - with Tom Shugg
As Australia’s relationship with China expands, improved China literacy and a grasp of the Chinese language are becoming increasingly important. Despi...
15. Australia-China relations: The view from China - with Diane Hu
Over the last 12 months, the Australia-China relationship has faced significant challenges. Amidst discussion of China’s sharp power and debate over C...
14. Developments in China's legal system - with Colin Hawes
Over the last 10 to 15 years, China's legal system has significantly improved in many areas. For example, transparency has been enhanced through the i...
13. China's role in the global green shift - with John Mathews
China has paid a heavy price for its large-scale industrialisation. While it has driven China’s economic growth, China’s use of fossil fuels has resul...
12. China policy in Canada and Australia - with Gordon Houlden
China has become an important economic partner for both Australia and Canada. How do the Australian and Canadian publics view China? What are the diff...
11. The future of Australia-China relations - with Colin Mackerras
What are Western perspectives on China and how have they evolved since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949? How have Australia...
10. Australia and China's shared history - with Robert Macklin
The Australia-China relationship goes back almost 200 years. Who were the first Chinese migrants to Australia, and how were they treated? Who was ‘Mor...
9. Chinese investment in Australia - with Li Wei
What are the expected effects of China’s recently introduced capital controls on the Australian economy? How do Chinese companies view Australia’s for...
8. The White Australia policy, Arthur Calwell & immigration via the China route - with Jayne Persian
The White Australia policy, introduced in 1901, placed severe restrictions on the immigration of non-British and non-white persons. Under Arthur Calwe...
7. Chinese students in Australia - with Wanning Sun
There are more than 160,000 Chinese students in Australian educational institutions. While their contributions to Australian society have been widely...