Lynne Li

澳大利亚 RMIT University Senior Lecturer Global, Urban and Social Studies


Multilingualism and globalism Second language acquisition Chinese/English Language Studies Professional development of teachers TESOL and LOTE teaching methodology


BA, Sichuan Foreign Languages Institute, China, 1982 MA, Nanjing University, China, 1990 PhD, RMIT, Australia, 2000


Second language acquisition Chinese Language Studies Chinese Language Teaching Methodology English Language Studies TESOL teaching methodology Culture and Learning Styles Language Learning Strategies Language and Business Language and Politics

Yuan Di

澳大利亚 RMIT University Research Fellow Chinese Medicine, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences


Evidence-based public health research Randomised controlled trial Systematic review and meta-analysis Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Smoking cessation

Jia Gao

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Professor Asia Institute


Contemporary Chinese society The New Chinese migrant community in Australia Applied social psychological and sociological studies of post-1978 Chinese society, with a focus on public opinion and socio-political dynamics, social stratification, elite dominance and ideology in post-Mao China.


PhD in human geography at the University of Melbourne Bachelor of Arts (honours) Renmin University of China


Lecturer in social psychology and sociology at Renmin University of China, and he was also in charge of a number of research programs there before coming to Australia in 1988

Li Du

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Senior Lecturer Asia Institute


Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne Master of Education La Trobe University Bachelor of Arts Beijing Normal University Master of Education La Trobe University Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne

Mark Wang

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Professor of Geography Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies


Doctor of Philosophy University of British Columbia Master of Science Northeast Institute of Geography and Agricultural Ecology, CAS Bachelor of Science Shanxi Teachers' University

Shaoming Zhou

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Senior Lecturer Chinese Studies Asia Institute


Chinese folklore


PG Diploma Master of Arts Beijing Normal University Bachelor of Arts Beijing Normal University Master of Education La Trobe University Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne

Sow Keat Tok

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Lecturer In Chinese Asia Institute


China and its policy behaviour towards "sovereignty," with particular attention to China-HKSAR and China-Taiwan relations China's foreign relations, policy discourses, State-Party relations,central-local relations, nationalism and identity, politics in Taiwan and the HKSAR, elite politics and leadership succession. East Asia's regional institutions and approaches to regionalism, the role of inf...


PhD in Politics and International Studies University of Warwick Master of Arts (International Relations) Australian National University Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) National University of Singapore Links ORCID

Xiao Han

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Postdoctoral Fellow Asia Institute


China's rural changes The Chinese 'go-out' The technopolitics of (water) infrastructure Political economy of development


Doctor of Philosophy: Geography University of Melbourne Master of Management Science Hohai University Bachelor of Engineering Hohai University International Summer School in Forced Migration University of Oxford

黎志刚Chi-Kong Lai

澳大利亚 The University of Queensland Associate Professor School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry


Chinese Business History Shanghai History Maritime History Australian Chinese Everyday Life in Modern China Chinese Social History


PhD, University of California Master of Arts, New Asia Research Institute


Chinese History, Business History, Chinese Women History Modern Shanghai

张钊贻Fred Cheung

澳大利亚 The University of Queensland Adjunct Associate ProfessorAdjunct Associate Professor School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry


BA, Jinan University PhD, The University of Sydney

John Longworth

澳大利亚 The University of Queensland Emeritus Professor School of Agriculture and Food Sciences


Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Sydney Bachelor of Applied Science, The University of Sydney Bachelor of Science (Agriculture), The University of Sydney HDA, Hawkesbury Agricultural College

高亮Leong Ko

澳大利亚 The University of Queensland Senior Lecturer in Chinese translation and interpreting School of Languages and Cultures


Translation and interpreting studies Pedagogy of translation and interpreting


PhD, The University of Queensland MA, Xiamen University

Melody Chang

澳大利亚 The University of Queensland Lecturer in Chinese School of Languages and Cultures


Pragmatics Intercultural communication Applied linguistics


Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, Griffith University. 2013

Richard Yu

澳大利亚 The University of Queensland Associate Lecturer School of Languages and Cultures


Master of Arts, Deakin University

Scott Waldron

澳大利亚 The University of Queensland Senior Lecturer School of Agriculture and Food Sciences


Ruminant livestock economics Beef, wool, mutton, cashmere and dairy – in pastoral, cropping and forage systems Agricultural research methodologies Farm management, value chain analysis, policy analysis, participatory and action research Economic development China especially Western China; Southeast Asia especially Indonesia and East Timor; the Pacific especially Vanuatu International agricultur...


Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Griffith University Bachelor of International Business Relations, Griffith University Graduated from the Nanjing-Hopkins Centre for Advanced Chinese and American Studies

William Gatherer

澳大利亚 The University of Queensland Lecturer in Chinese translation School of Languages and Cultures


Chinese translation studies literary translation Literary theory


Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Chinese, University of London


Worked in Beijing at the British Embassy

Yunxia Zhu

澳大利亚 The University of Queensland Associate Professor School of Business


Cross-cultural and international management Cross-cultural investigation of business relationship and networking patterns based on both universal and culture-specifics dimensions; examining of the interaction of culture and institutional dynamics of internationalization in Chinese and developed countries; developing Chinese management theories (e.g., based on Confucian wisdom and guanxi (networ...


Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University - International Business Communication Masters of Arts, Henan Traditional Chinese Medicine College Bachelor of Arts, Henan Traditional Chinese Medicine College

Huilin Sun

澳大利亚 The University of Western Australia Lecturer Asian Studies


Design and Art Aesthetics


Chinese Language

Liyong Wang

澳大利亚 The University of Western Australia Associate Lecturer Asian Studies Asian Studies


PhD MA Liege BA BLCU (China)

Xianlin Song

澳大利亚 The University of Western Australia Associate Professor Asian Studies

Yu Tao

澳大利亚 The University of Western Australia Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies Asian Studies


Interaction between religious groups, civic organisations and local state agencies in contemporary Chinese society and overseas Chinese communities


DPhil (Oxon.) MPhil (Cantab.) BA (Peking)


Senior Lecturer & Course Leader in Asia Pacific Studies, University of Central Lancashire, 2016-17 Lecturer in Asia Pacific Studies, University of Central Lancashire, 2014-16 College Tutor in Contemporary Chinese Politics and Society, St Peter's College, University of Oxford, 2012-2014 College Tutor in Chinese for Academic Purpose, King's College, University of Cambridge, 2009-10


Welcomes proposals for doctoral research on contemporary Chinese society and politics, ideally with an emphasis on state-society relations.

Mun-Keat Choong

澳大利亚 University of New England Lecturer School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences


Early Buddhism in India Contemporary Buddhism in Asian societies and the West Comparative studies of the Pali and Chinese versions of the early Buddhist canon (including fragmentary Sanskrit texts), particularly, the Samyutta/Samyukta collection


BA in Buddhist Studies (Komazawa, Tokyo) MA in Studies in Religion (Queensland) PhD in Buddhist Studies (Queensland)


Buddhism: A History Chinese and Japanese Religion: A History Meditation in Eastern Religions Introduction to World Religions

Alexander Korolev

澳大利亚 University of New South Wales Senior Lecturer (Asian Studies/Chinese) Politics and International Relations


International relations theory and comparative politics with special reference to China and Russia Great power politics China-Russia-US relations in East and Southeast Asia


MA in International Relations from Nankai University, Zhou Enlai School of Government (2009) PhD in Political Science from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2012)


Assistant Professor of Political Science in the School of Asian Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow (2012-2015) Research Fellow in the Centre on Asia and Globalisation at the National University Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (2015-2018).

Louise Edwards

澳大利亚 University of New South Wales Professor of Modern Chinese History School of Humanities & Languages


Women and gender in China and Asia


BA from Auckland University BA (hons) from Murdoch University PhD from Griffith University


Taught at a number of universities: The University of Hong Kong, University of Technology Sydney, Australian National University, Australian Catholic University and the University of Queensland

Wah Guan Lim

澳大利亚 University of New South Wales Lecturer in Chinese Studies School of Humanities & Languages


Chinese literature Theatre and performance Film studies The politics of culture and performance across the Chinese communities in East and Southeast Asia Theatrical performances complicate national or ethno-cultural discourse The interplay between theatre and politics, cultural identity and artistic expression.


Ph.D. in Asian Literature, Religion and Culture at Cornell. M.A. in East Asian Studies at Princeton M.St. in Chinese Studies at Oxford B.A. (Hons 1) in Chinese Literature and Theatre and Performance Studies here


Served in a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Chinese at Bard College, a liberal arts college in New York state

Yi Zheng

澳大利亚 University of New South Wales Associate Professor, Chinese and Comparative Literature School of Humanities & Languages

Anthony Welch

澳大利亚 University of Sydney Professor of Education China Studies Centre


Educational history, sociology and philosophy - Sociology of education Educational systems: administration, management and leadership - Higher education - International and comparative education Social structures, inequalities and social justice - Social change


M.A. and Ph. D. at the University of London

Bing Ling

澳大利亚 University of Sydney Professor of Chinese Law China Studies Centre


Chinese and comparative contract law Chinese civil law Public international law


LLB (Peking) LLM (Mich)


Professor and founding member of the Faculty of Law of the Chinese University of Hong Kong


Introduction to Chinese Law Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems Public International Law Contracts

英倩蕾Catherine Ingram

澳大利亚 University of Sydney Lecturer China Studies Centre


China and Chinese musical cultures, especially the music of China’s minority groups Collaborative ethnomusicological research methods Fieldwork incorporating digital technology; sustainable digital archiving; and cross-cultural collaborative archive management Gendered music-making and sociocultural change Intangible cultural heritage Linguistics and music – especially the music of tonal-langua...


BMus(Hons) PhD Melb Dip Ed La Trobe

Chi Kin Law

澳大利亚 University of Sydney Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics China Studies Centre

Christine Ji

澳大利亚 University of Sydney Associate Profesor of Multilingual Translation Studies China Studies Centre


Empirical translation studies, especially data-driven multilingual corpus analyses Empirical language research (frequentist statistics, Bayesian statistics, machine learning) Corpus Statistics Multilingual Translation Environmental Linguistics Health/Medical Linguistics Terminology and Lexicography

Hans Hendrischke

澳大利亚 University of Sydney Professor of Chinese Business and Management China Studies Centre


The emergence of China’s private enterprise sector More recently the global expansion of Chinese enterprise activity, including their investment in Australia and the wider region. Institutional analysis with a focus on informal and formal institutions and government enterprise interaction and institutional infrastructure under China’s decentralised local governance Theoretical approaches from I...


MA, PhD Bochum University


Business institutions from an enterprise perspective The embeddedness of Chinese entrepreneurship in formal and informal institutions

Jingdong Yuan

澳大利亚 University of Sydney Associate Professor China Studies Centre


Chinese defence and foreign policy Asia-Pacific security (with a focus on Northeast Asia and South China Sea) Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament American Asia policy Shanghai Cooperation Organization


BA Xi'an MA Carleton PhD Queen's


Was Associate Professor of International Policy Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

John Clark

澳大利亚 University of Sydney Emeritus Professor China Studies Centre


Modern Japanese Art since Meiji Chinese academic painting and the avant-garde The problems of modernity in art beyond Euramerica Art in China and Thailand of the 1980s and 1990s Biennales and contemporary Asian art Re-defining 'The Asian Modern'


FAHA CIHA PhD

Josh Stenberg

澳大利亚 University of Sydney Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies China Studies Centre


Contemporary xiqu in the Chinese World Contemporary Sinophone Fiction and Poetry Theatre and Performance of Chinese Communities Abroad Sino-Indonesian Literature, Performance and Culture Chinese Translation Studies Global Reception of Chinese Theatre


PhD in Chinese Theatre from Nanjing University. M.A. from the University of British Columbia B.A. from Harvard College


Contemporary xiqu Contemporary Fiction and Poetry in the Chinese World Chinese Culture in Southeast Asia Chinese-English Literary Translation Internationalisation of Chinese Theatre

Lily Lee

澳大利亚 University of Sydney Honorary Associate China Studies Centre


Women’s history in China Chinese women’s literature Wei-Jin literature and history


PhD (Sydney) MLS (Atlanta) BA (Nanyang)

刘璐Lulu Liu

澳大利亚 University of Sydney Performer, researcher and educator China Studies Centre


Chinese musical culture, specializing in the music and history of the pipa

陈顺妍Mabel Lee

澳大利亚 University of Sydney Adjunct Professor China Studies Centre


Modern Chinese intellectual history and literature 2000 Nobel Laureate Gao Xingjian 1999 (Italian) Flaiano Poetry Prize winner Yang Lian


BA Honours I, Chinese Studies (1962), University of Sydney. thesis title, “Chang Chien: An Industrialist in Late-Ch’ing China.” a.” PhD in Chinese Studies (1966), University of Sydney: thesis title, “The Exalt Commerce Movement of Late-Ch’ing China.”


Teaching academic & head of school at the University of Sydney (January 1967–January 2000): Postgraduate research supervision of MA and PhD theses. —1991–1993: Head of the School of Asian Studies (Studies in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Southeast Asia, Sanskrit, Hindi, Thai). (1) Secured 5- year Korea Foundation senior lectureship for Korean Studies. (2) Secured US$85,000 per year for three years...

Mark Post

澳大利亚 University of Sydney Lecturer in Linguistics China Studies Centre


Languages of Greater Mainland Southeast Asia: Austro-Tai languages, Sinitic languages, Trans-Himalayan/Tibeto-Burman languages (especially in the Eastern Himalaya) Austroasiatic languages, Asian language isolates Descriptive and documentary linguistics: fieldwork methodologies and technologies, lexicography, grammatology, language maintenance and revitalisation Anthropological and evolutionary ...


PhD (LaTrobe) MA (Oregon) BA Hons (Wesleyan)


Teaching: LNGS3700 Language Diversity and Universals LNGS4116/LNGS7503 Language and the Law LNGS3613 Advanced Morphology and Syntax LNGS7507 Language and Communities Supervision: Phonological and/or grammatical descriptions of minority languages, especially of Mainland Asia Functional and/or diachronic analyses of grammatical phenomena, especially in languages of Asia Computer-assisted analysis...

Sean Moores

澳大利亚 University of Sydney China Studies Centre


The History of China The History of Chinese Philosophy The History of Chinese Political Thought The History of Confucianism The Philosophy of Kang Youwei (1858-1927) The Philosophy of Dai Zhen (1724-1777)


PHD Chinese Studies at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO), Paris


ASNS2613 Chinese Thought ASNS3618 Popular China CHNS3641 Readings in Early Chinese Thought ASNS1601 Introduction to Asian Cultures ASNS1602 Modernity in Asia

Vivienne Bath

澳大利亚 University of Sydney Professor of Chinese & International Business Law China Studies Centre


Chinese law with a focus on investment and commercial law International investment law (with a focus on Australia and the Asian region) International business and commercial law Private international law International economic law, with a focus on investment law and bilateral free trade arrangements


First class honours in Chinese and in law from the Australian National University LLM from Harvard Law School


International business and economic law Private international law Chinese law

Ying Zhang

澳大利亚 University of Sydney Senior Lecturer China Studies Centre


The development of Chinese accounting standards and their impact on social, political and economic conditions within China. The political economy of financial accounting practices and regulation The Conceptual Framework (CF) of financial reporting released by the international accounting standard setters in 2010


PhD from Wollongong


Lecturer in accounting at the University of Wollongong

Yingjie Guo

澳大利亚 University of Sydney Professor of Chinese Studies China Studies Centre


Chinese cultural nationalism Transformation and transmission of Chineseness Nation-building in modern and contemporary China National commemorations and memories Language and national identity Representations of nation and class China’s soft power


PhD, Tasmania MA, Shanghai International Studies University BA, Shanghai International Studies University


Contemporary China Chinese Cinema

Lucy Wei Li

澳大利亚 University of Tasmania Associate Lecturer in Chinese Global Cultures & Languages


Teaching Chinese/English as a foreign language Pragmatics, interlanguage and intercultural pragmatics Intercultural communication Technology enhanced language learning and translation studies Understanding how people do things with words, i.e., how people from different language and cultural backgrounds make speech acts such as requests, refusals, compliments and responses of compliments, how l...


PhD in Linguistics and Chinese Studies at the University of Queensland (UQ). Grad.Dip. (GDipACTI) University of Queensland, Australia. 2018 MA Title of Thesis: Indirectness of English Language. Shandong University. China. 2000 BA - Shandong Normal University. China. 1989


Various roles as a course coordinator and lecturer, research thesis supervisor, research assistant and student mentor at University of Queensland First manager of the Confucius Institute at UQ and a lecturer of English at Shandong University, China.


Chinese as a foreign language Translation and interpreting Chinese culture and society Chinese linguistics Supervision interests: Pragmatics, interlanguage pragmatics, intercultural pragmatics Teaching Chinese or English as a foreign or second language Intercultural communication Technology enhanced language learning Linguistics and translation studies

Mark Harrison

澳大利亚 University of Tasmania Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies Asia Institute of Tasmania


Contemporary culture and politics in the Chinese-speaking world, using a distinctive theoretically-informed style and with a particular interest in Taiwan.


PhD in Chinese Studies at Monash University looking at Taiwan and its problems of identity MA in Social theory from Monash University Australia BA (Hons.) in Chinese from the University of Adelaide


2002 to 2008 - worked as Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster in London, UK.

James Laurenceson

澳大利亚 University of Technology Sydney Professor Australia-China Relations Institute


2003 Graduate Certificate in Education (Higher Education), University of Queensland (UQ) 2001 Doctor of Philosophy (Economics), UQ Dissertation title – Financial reform and economic development in China 1994 Bachelor of Economics (Honours), UQ Dissertation title – Patterns in Chinese urban food consumption


2019 - Professor and Director, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney (UTS) 2014 - 2019 Professor and Deputy Director, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), UTS 2011 Visiting Professor, School of Economics, Shandong University, China 2010 - 2014 Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, UQ 2006 Visiting Professor, School of Economics, Shandong University, ...

Jingqing Yang

澳大利亚 University of Technology Sydney Associate Professor, International Studies and Global Societies Australia-China Relations Institute


Sociology of professions Chinese health care system and reforms Chinese cultural politics


PhD Chinese Studies (USYD) PhD in Sociology with UNSW 2009 MA (Yunnan) BA (Yunnan)


Chinese culture Chinese literature Chinese philosophy

Michael Zhou

澳大利亚 University of Technology Sydney Project and Research Officer Australia-China Relations Institute


Australia-China economic relationship China’s economic development Regional trade


Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Economics at the University of Western Australia.

Penny Hooper

澳大利亚 University of Technology Sydney Lecturer International Studies and Languages


Foreign/second language learning motivation Language and culture/intercultural learning strategies


M. Ed (USYD) MA (Chinese Studies)


Teacher trainer in Shanghai Taught Mandarin Chinese as a foreign/second language as a casual academic for six years at the Western Sydney University, Australia


Teaching Chinese as a foreign/second language Teaching Chinese history and cultural heritage to native speakers of Chinese

Tao Xie

澳大利亚 University of Technology Sydney Adjunct Professor Australia-China Relations Institute


American politics China-U.S. relations Chinese foreign policy.


PhD in political science from Northwestern University.