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Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.

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International students and the Chinese public service: A more inward-looking post-COVID China?

  • Assistant Professor Dan (Diane) Hu,

Australia assumes that Chinese students educated in Australia will be a ‘soft power’ asset. But what if Australia-educated students aren’t getting the influential jobs?

INTRODUCTION: (Post-) COVID social and environmental challenges in Asia

  • Professor Mark Wang & Associate Professor Jay Song,

The post COVID challenges for Asian governments and societies are enormous and some of the most significant are related to China.

‘Happy Together: Bridging the Australia-China Divide’ by David Walker and Li Yao, with Karen Walker

  • Professor David S. G. Goodman,

A kind of dual biography about these two creative writers and the societies from which they emerged.

The fall of Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms? An analysis of closures and future directions

  • Dr Jeffrey Gil,

Worsening relations between China, North America, Europe and Australia means many Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms have closed, but more are opening in other regions.

INTERVIEW: Women play a key role in preventing geopolitical conflict and the success of peacekeeping initiatives

  • Natasha Stott Despoja AO,

The lives of civilians, particularly women, are often overlooked in relation to the impact of geopolitical competition.

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