This Lexicon item was contributed by Isabel Hilton, founder of Chinadialogue.net and The Third Pole. This lexicon entry consists of the following sub-sections: Overview Official views Contending views within China Dissenting views internationally Media coverage Areas of interest References Chronology Glossary Overview The thirty years of rapid carbon-heavy growth that followed the re-launch of China’s … more
Back to Lexicon main menu By Ivan Franceschini This lexicon item consists of the following sub-sections: Overview Perspectives Chronology Glossary Overview When the International Labour Organization (ILO) held its first Conference in Washington in 1919 following the end of the First World War, a discussion arose around the issue of labour conditions in China. … more
Back to Lexicon main menu Susan Trevaskes and Elisa Nesossi Australian Centre on China in the World This lexicon entry consists of the following sub-sections: Overview Perspectives Chronology Glossary Overview When, in 2008, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the post-Mao open door and reform policies, the domestic … more
Back to Lexicon main menu Jane Golley The Australian Centre on China in the World This lexicon entry consists of the following sub-sections: Overview Perspectives Chronology Glossary Overview Background Reforms of China’s exchange rate regime have played a fundamental role in facilitating the country’s growing participation in the global economy since 1978.[1] Prior … more
Back to Lexicon main menu Australian Centre on China in the World Overview Perspectives Chronology Glossary Overview Although not as well known outside China as the question of Tibet, the conflict over Xinjiang appears to be equally as intractable, and similarly grounded in conflicting accounts of both the past and the present. Xinjiang Population Statistics … more
Back to Lexicon main menu Jeremy Goldkorn Danwei Media and the Australian Centre on China in the World This lexicon entry consists of the following sub-sections: Overview China Internet Timeline Internet Glossary Overview This section reviews the development of email and the Internet in China. From the 1980s, China’s connectivity proceeded in gradual … more
Back to Lexicon main menu Geremie R. Barmé Director, Australian Centre on China in the World This lexicon entry consists of the following sub-sections: Introduction New China 新华 New Writing 新文体 and Popular Language 大众语 Party & Other Eight-legged Essays 党八股 Parody & its Enemies 反讽，恶搞，原味 The Spring & Autumn Style 春秋笔法 New China … more
