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CIW offers an exciting language experience in Yunnan, China, from June 16 to July 11, 2025. ANU students will receive three weeks of intensive Chinese training and a one-week rural China study tour. Apply by April 6. More info: bit.ly/4bzlhKo

CIW welcomed twenty-seven Year 9 & 10 students from Kingsford Smith School for a tour organised by Ben Hillman to encourage their Chinese language learning experience. The visit allowed students to visit the Centre, meet with ANU students, and engage with Chinese culture.

In responding to encounters with Chinese warships near Australian waters, Canberra should exercise clarity and avoid reflexively slipping into the ‘China threat’ narrative, writes Edward Sing Yue Chan. eastasiaforum.org/2025/04/02/aus…

A teaser from our latest episode: Barclay contemplates the causes of the psychology boom in China in recent years.

Join Prof Ben Hillman for a lecture on China's rural revitalization and the Communist Party's growing control over villages, part of the 2025 Professorial Lecture Series of Crawford School ANU Crawford School of Public Policy and CIW China Seminar Series. Register: bit.ly/4iT9zx1

💡Don't miss the chance to become part of CIW Family! 📅Application close on 15 April 2025. This is a fantastic opportunity to connect with leading Chinese Studies experts at ANU and share your research in a vibrant academic community. ciw.anu.edu.au/visiting-fello…

This recent article from The China Journal discusses how targeted COVID-19 lockdowns were installed and managed in urban China. Read "Affective Lockdown: Administrative Chaos and Informal Repairing in Urban China during COVID-19" here: ow.ly/ZLpY50VsAOK China in the World

📚 Calling all PhD students! The CIW Library Fellowship 2025 is now open. Unlock access to world-class China studies resources at ANU and the National Library of Australia. 📷Apply by 15 April 2025: ciw.anu.edu.au/graduate-fello…

We’re delighted to partner with the #AustraliaChinaFoundation to nurture the next generation of China scholars in Australia! Later-year UG students are invited to join a week-long Chinese Studies program in Canberra. Apply by 14 May 2025: bit.ly/4aJXxlq #ChineseStudies

Join Dr. Paelabang Danapan’s talk to explore the rich history of Taiwanese Indigenous Peoples and the significance of their languages in shaping and preserving their stories, traditions, and identities. Register: bit.ly/4lsN8Af

🎉 Celebrate 15 years of the CIW! Join CIW Director Prof. Ben Hillman for celebrating CIW's 15th anniversary and its latest exhibition "Scenes from the Collection". 🗓 13 May | ⏰ 5:30–7pm 📍 CIW Foyer & Gallery 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4lrRist #CIW #Chinastudies

Join Wei Shuge's seminar to explore Britain's important role in China's redemption of the Canton–Hankow railway contract from the American-China Development Company. Register: bit.ly/4j322LZ

The writer and China watcher Linda Jaivin talks us through her microhistory of Mao’s last decade in power and its relevance to Trump’s MAGA movement. Listen to Linda Jaivin talk to Alexander Boyd about the Cultural Revolution on the China Books Podcast: chinabooksreview.com/2025/05/06/ep-…

Check out "Getting Ahead in Today’s China: From Optimism to Pessimism" from The China Journal and learn more about an attitudinal shift concerning inequality and upward mobility in China. Find it here: ow.ly/yT1I50VLzTg China in the World

How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect China's national power? This article from The China Journal investigates this question by analyzing the government's mangagement of the domestic economy and its utilization of soft power. Read it here: ow.ly/kRsR50VU11C China in the World

📢 Join us for the launch of Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s–1980s, edited by Dr. Chen Shuxia & Dr. Olivier Krischer 📸🇹🇼 — exploring 4 pivotal decades of Taiwanese photography. 📅Friday 20 Jun 2025 ⏰5-7 pm 📍CIW Seminar Room 🔗 Register: bit.ly/436udV0

This seminar defines the origins and evolution of the concept of cultural security (wenhua anquan); discusses the specific hard defensive and soft counteroffensive strategies deployed to safeguard cultural security. Register: bit.ly/3HhEoNW

CIW CHINA STUDIES FELLOWSHIPS (February 2026 - January 2027) Applications Open! A fully immersive, year-long study program funded by the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations 澳中基金会 Deadline 27 July 2025 More info: bit.ly/3Fp3JVJ

The Conscience of the Party by Robert L. Suettinger is both a biography of Hu Yaobang and a deep dive into elite CCP politics. In this talk, Robert will shine a light on today's Zhongnanhai, and the succession difficulties facing Xi Jinping. Register: bit.ly/4kKrHto