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Video Recording: How to Navigate a Two-speed Relationship: Official and Unofficial Exchanges with China
This conversation will explore possible scenarios for bilateral relations with China over the next couple of years with and without engagement. While the decline of the relationship over the past three years has been well documented, many options for the future remain to be considered. Speakers include Michael Smith, China correspondent for the Australian Financial Review, and Dr Geoff Raby, Director of Geoff Raby Associates and former ambassador to China (2007-2011).
Reading the China Tea Leaves
There are still chances to engage with China in a positive and beneficial way if Canberra is so inclined. Beijing continues to make overtures. Technical and cultural exchanges continue, and the business community has its own avenues for communication. A change of government in the US in 2021 will re-invigorate multilateral platforms. All of these present opportunities for Australia to rebuild a positive relationship without prejudicing valid security concerns. Read more...

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Interview of Melissa Lucashenko, 2019 Miles Franklin Award Winner
On 16 February 2020, ACIAC Director Professor Jing Han interviewed 2019 Miles Franklin Award Winner, Melissa Lucashenko. Read more...
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Mirroring the Past: Chinese-Australia in Historical Perspective, Seminar Delivered by ACIAC Adjunct Professor Michael Williams
Chinese have been in Australia for over 200 years but these two centuries have seen very different peoples arriving and settling under the label “Chinese”. Read more...