Guanxi gatekeeping in Chinese-Western business relationships Corporate response strategies in food safety crises in China Branding and value co-creation in social media in China Small and medium enterprises going international Crisis management Risk management China market entry Intercultural relationship management Food marketing
MCom (Masters of Commerce) in Marketing with distinction in 2004 PhD in Marketing in 2009 from Otago University.
Chief analyst of foreign loans and risk management for Jilin Provincial Government in China Senior Lecturer at SMIB 2009-2018 Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Marketing Department of Otago University 2008-2009.
Chinese culture in contemporary Anglo-Canadian writing Rethinking Chinese literature as world literature
PhD in Chinese Literature at the University of Toronto in 2009. MA Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, United States BA Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
Chinese literary, film and visual studies in cross-cultural and transnational contexts Literary translation. Modern Chinese literature Chinese cinema Chinese language Literary translation
Comparative sociology Sociology of the family Sociology of development The sociological study of contemporary China Post-communist transitions Historical and comparative questions—why particular societies are organized the way they are and how differences across societies affect the nature of people’s lives
Professor of Sociology at Harvard from 2000 to 2015 Taught at the University of Michigan and George Washington University
Governance reform, international relations and political and cultural history, with particular reference to China and its neighbours.
BA (1st Class Honours) in Chinese from the University of Oxford M Phil in International Relations from the University of Oxford
Former teacher and lecturer at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou.
Chinese politico-economic and institutional reform Chinese foreign policy New Zealand-China relations Belt and Road Initiative
PhD Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand 2006-08-20 to 2010-02-01 | Doctorate of Philosophy in Political Science (Political Science and International Relations)Education BSc University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand MIR Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand PhD Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Chinese international relations New Zealand-China/Asia relations Institutional reform in China
Literary Studies Cultural Studies Modern Chinese intellectual history Chinese diaspora studies
PhD University of Sydney, Sydney, Sydney, Australia 1 Mar 1994 - 30 Nov 1998 MA University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia BA Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
Professor of Chinese Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, School of Languages and Cultures, Wellington, New Zealand 1 Feb 2012 - present Senior Lecturer the University of Sydney, Chinese Studies, Sydney, Australia 1 Feb 2000 - 31 Jan 2012
Modern and contemporary Chinese literature Modern Chinese society, culture and history Chinese visual art studies Chinese diaspora studies Comparative literary studies
Late imperial period to contemporary China Chinese history, society and culture intelligentsia in late imperial China, and its influence on and contributions to education and culture Intellectual history of Ming-Qing China Childhood studies Children's literature Textbook research Christianity and education in late imperial China History of Chinese education, culture, and society Asian studies (...
PhD La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia MA East China Normal University, Shanghai, China BA Anhui University, Hefei, China
Pre-modern Chinese intellectual history, including aspects of Chinese textbook research Literary translation Missionary education in China Chinese attitudes to children and childhood Contemporary Chinese society, culture and education; literary translation and translation studies.
Chinese politics and foreign policy Regional international relations East Asian and Polar politics Security and political economy
Agricultural management and global food systems with a particular interest in New Zealand companies working in China. Animal and crop-based industries, and from livelihoods on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau through to consumer choices in the big cities
Degree from China Agricultural University Master’s and PhD degrees at Lincoln University,
Professional translator and interpreter
New Zealand Ambassador to China from 2004 to 2009 Director of the North Asia Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Director of the New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office in Taipei. 1990 to 1994 was Director of the Domestic and External Security Secretariat in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.