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Insider Perspectives on Chinese Aid with Hongbo Ji and Denghua Zhang
31 May 2020
We often hear from experts on China about Chinese aid, but rarely from Chinese experts themselves. Yet given China’s complexity, not to mention the language barriers, hearing from those who understand the country and its systems is obviously critical.
Meet Wenting Cheng: Setting the rules for a greener region
28 May 2020
Dr Wenting Cheng is a Research Fellow for the Grand Challenge Project Zero Carbon Energy for the Asia Pacific, based at ANU College of Law. Wenting discusses some of the major setbacks in promoting global energy transition as well as China’s current role in international intellectual property.
Meet Jorrit Gosens: On a quest for energy transition in Australia
6 May 2020
Dr Jorrit Gosens is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy. Jorrit spoke to us about renewable energy in China, the success of the China Energy Portal, and his new research on the hydrogen industry in Australia.
The truth according to the CCP
2 May 2020
To commemorate the UN’s World Press Freedom Day (3 May), we would like to share insights from experts from the Australian Centre on China in the World community about recent issues and ongoing challenges with press freedom in China.
COVID-19 and China’s soft power ambitions
24 April 2020
What can China’s COVID-19 response tell us about the future of its South-South Cooperation and soft power ambitions?
![A team of Chinese medical experts heading to Burkina Faso to help carry out local pandemic control work. [Photo: CIDCA]](https://ciw.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/styles/anu_wide_320_160/public/news/images/2020-05/The%20new%20Chinese%20aid%20agency%20after%20its%20first%20two%20years.png?itok=BwWBgNB9 "A team of Chinese medical experts heading to Burkina Faso to help carry out local pandemic control work. [Photo: CIDCA]")
The new Chinese aid agency after its first two years
22 April 2020
While the profile of aid in Chinese foreign policy has been boosted, some things remain unchanged two years after the formation of CIDCA, China’s development agency.
Meet Yang Qin: A Chinese studies convert and a student of Sinology
22 April 2020
Yang Qin is a PhD candidate at the ANU School of Culture, History & Language. As she wraps up her thesis, Qin shares her journey at the ANU with us and talks about the uniqueness of pictorial representations of Confucian classics in Song China (960–1279).
China's dreams could be shattered by COVID-19
21 April 2020
China's bold aspirations are being tested by the outbreak of COVID-19, according to Professor Jane Golley, who leads the Australian Centre on China in the World at the ANU.
