The Chinese leader’s recent confirmation of his power has significant implications – and a look at history can reveal what those are.
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The Kimono is a distinct cultural symbol of Japan and for that reason, it has a complicated reputation around much of Asia.
Confucius looked nothing like the great sage in his own time as he is widely known in ours. But his ideas continue to shape contemporary life for many.
The CCP has little to celebrate in terms of what it has done for China. Its chief achievement has been staying in power for as long as it has.
New research shows that the oldest surviving anatomical atlas comes from Han Dynasty China, and was written over 2,000 years ago.
The Chinese Communist Party has long used healthcare as part of its propaganda operation.
China is one of the world’s largest economies, and Deng Xiaoping was arguably the man who made that happen through his visions of economic reform.
New research suggests the values and identities of the world’s great powers present a major barrier to China’s aspirations of global domination. Do not bet on China’s hegemonic prospects just yet.
The recent U.S. trade mission to China failed, allowing no space for future compromise. What follows will likely be much more than a simple trade war.
Dream of the Red Chamber, by Cao Xueqin, follows the travails of a pubescent boy. Somehow, through the spats, crushes and rivalries of a handful of teenagers, the great questions of the human condition are broached.
Recent changes to China’s constitution signal loud and clear that any hope for a path to democracy must be checked with reality.
There’s a very unflattering historical parallel for Xi Jinping’s move to lift term limits. The Chinese Communist Party is having none of it.
ABC’s The New Legends of Monkey puts a fresh spin on the ‘80s cult classic Monkey’ continuing a long tradition of culture crossing.
It’s more important than ever that the U.S. understand China. So why don’t our universities teach Chinese thought?
From Chinese laborers to ‘bad hombres,’ the US settler mentality has perpetuated an immigration system that pushes out unwanted groups and bypasses the Constitution.
The staging in Melbourne of this classic of the Cultural Revolution has attracted controversy. And amid Bermuda shorts and weapons galore, this political ballet has contemporary resonances.
From its earliest days as a haven for refugees, Shanghai developed a distinctive character and urban identity that have driven its emergence as one of the world’s great metropolises.
Five decades ago, China began a decade of devastating crackdowns and purges – and the causes are still poorly understood.
The 2015 Nobel Prize for Medicine went partly for research done during the Chinese Cultural Revolution based on traditional Chinese medicine. Here’s the story of Project 523.
The first Chinese Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded for work based on traditional Chinese medicine. Will traditional medical knowledge now share the spotlight with evidence-based medicine?
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Professor of Chinese Politics; Director, Lau China Institute, King's College London
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Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Law, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer In East Asian History (History) and Co-Director of Sussex Asia Centre, University of Sussex
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Associate Professor of the History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
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Assistant Professor of Chinese, Emory University
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Chair Professor of Architecture, UNSW Sydney
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Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple Professor, Yale-NUS College
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Associate Professor in China Studies, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, History and African American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor (honorary), The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Chinese Studies, University of Sydney
