Different Histories, Shared Futures: Dialogues on Australia-China

ISBN-13: 9789811991905 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 340 str.

Mobo Gao; Justin O'Connor; Baohui Xie

Opis

This book delves into the Australia-China relationship, which is currently is at its worst since 1972 when the two countries first established a diplomatic relationship. Australia is seen by the US and its front line ally in fight against Chinese economic coercion and expansionism. Derived from an international symposium organized by the editorial team and held in Adelaide, South Australia in September 2021, these essays are an attempt to offer some understanding and explanations for the deterioration of Sino-Australian ties. It is also an attempt to explore the ways by which the two countries can reach some common ground for the future. Most of all the content is relevant to our future, the future that can avoid a war hot or cold, between a rising power of China and the status quo power of the West. Can we have shared but different futures? These questions will be of interest to scholars of international relations, history, and globalization.

Spis treści

Part I: Knowing the Other. - Chapter 1. The CCP, the PRC and Modernity (Mobo Gao). - Chapter 2. Othering China in Australia: Bilateral Relations, Mutual Learning, and International Sociability (Yingjie Guo). - Chapter 3. Knowledge, Power, and Dialogue After and About the Rise of China: A View from Hong Kong (Daniel F. Vukovich). - Chapter 4. Australia Higher Education and the Future of the Common Good (Greg McCarthy). - Chapter 5. Australia’s China Literacy and China’s Australia Literacy: misassumptions on both sides and implications for bilateral relations (Dan Hu). - Chapter 6. The Poverty of China Literacy in Australia and the False Promise of Ontological Security (Chengxin Pan). - Part II: Legitimacy and State Capacity. - Chapter 7. Different Histories, Shared Futures (Justin O’Connor). - Chapter 8. Reflections: Notes from afar (Michael Dutton). - Chapter 9. Explaining the CPC’s legitimacy: A State-centred perspective (Tao Xie). - Chapter 10. Minzhu: What Does Democracy Mean  to the People’s Republic? (Baohui Xie). - Chapter 11. The ideological nature and political character of Chinese politics (Axel Dessein). - Part III: Soft Power and Cultural Exchange. - Chapter 12. Soft power, cultural diplomacy and foreign interference (Jocelyn Chey). - Chapter 13. China Threat, Australian Challenge: Recognizing differences, building futures (David Goodman). - Chapter 14. Contemporary Chinese perspectives of Australia: A thematic analysis of Chinese “we-media” (Jack Butcher). - Part IV: Trade and Geopolitics. - Chapter 15. The Role of National Security in Australia-China Relations (Colin Mackerras). - Chapter 16. Australian interdependence versus dependence (David Morris). - Chapter 17. Australia’s trade exposure to China: a      critical assessment of the threat (James Laurenceson). - Chapter 18. The unit-systemic dynamics and China-Australia Strategic Partnership (Lei Yu). - Chapter 19. The Role of National Security in   Australia-China Relations (Colin Mackerras). - Chapter 20. What Are the External Perspectives on Australia-China Relationships (Kerry Brown)

O autorze

Mobo Gao is Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Adelaide.

Justin O' Connor is Professor of Cultural Economy at the University of South Australia.

Dr. Baohui Xie is scholarly teaching fellow at the University of Adelaide.

Jack Butcher is a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide.

Blurb

“A timely, wide ranging and well- informed collection that presents the balanced but forcefully argued views of some of the best qualified scholars on this issue at a moment when such a book is crucial. An essential primer.”

—Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese Studies and Director, Lau China Institute, United Kingdom

“This book delivers a patient, dispassionate, and cool-headed analysis from the authors’ life-long, dedicated research on China… if Australia’s public debate is to have any hope of going beyond media headlines and think-tank reports, this book is essential reading.”

—Wanning Sun, Professor of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia

“As the world seems to be spiralling toward a new Cold War with China, this edited volume offers a useful corrective to what has been, at times, a hysterical over-reaction to the growth of Chinese global power. This volume could not be more timely or more necessary.”

—Michael Dutton, Professor, Smith College London, United Kingdom

“This book is a timely and a strong riposte to the narrative that this was all China’s doing…. the authors pick apart simplistic depictions of an ideological stand-off and offer more compelling explanations for today’s rivalries and antagonisms.”

—Dr David Brophy, Senior Lecturer Sydney University

Derived from an international symposium held in Adelaide in 2021, these essays are an attempt to offer some understanding and explanations for the deterioration of relationship between Australian and China. It is also an attempt to explore the ways by which the two countries can reach some common ground for some shared but different futures, futures without a war hot or cold, between a rising power of China and the status quo power of the West.

Mobo Gao is Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Adelaide.

Justin O' Connor is Professor of Cultural Economy at the University of South Australia.

Dr. Baohui Xie is scholarly teaching fellow at the University of Adelaide.

Jack Butcher is a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide.