| 21st Century China: Views from Australia Revised Edition Contributor(s): Farquhar, Mary (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1443812595 ISBN-13: 9781443812597 Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing OUR PRICE: $67.27 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - China - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 327 |
| Physical Information: 265 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd famously said that China issues are part of 21st century Australia's 'very life-blood'. This brings short-term challenges to the Australia-China relationship, from Chinese investments in our resources to visits to Australia by expatriate regional political and religious leaders, labelled 'splittists' or 'terrorists' by the Chinese government. Our long-term relationship includes robust scholarship on China as an emerging superpower. In this book, leading Australian academics comment on the arts, law, politics and society in China today. The book opens with Geremie Barme's essay on re-orienting Beijing city for the Olympics and closes with restaurateur Kylie Kwong's reminiscences-and recipes-from a Chinese childhood in Sydney's suburbs. Readers will disover a rich engagement with China in the twelve chapters of this volume, ranging from Confucianism to 'green' Australian-Chinese cuisine. |