Different Histories, Shared Futures

Mobo Gao is Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Adelaide.Justin O' Connor is Professor of Cultural Economy at the University of South Australia.Dr. Baohui Xie is scholarly teaching fellow at the University of Adelaide.Jack Butcher is a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide.

• Part I: Knowing the Other.- Chapter 1. The CCP, the PRC and Modernity (Mobo Gao).- Chapter 2. Othering China in Australia: Bilateral Relations, Mutual Learning, and International Sociability (Yingjie Guo).- Chapter 3. Knowledge, Power, and Dialogue After and About the Rise of China: A View from Hong Kong (Daniel F. Vukovich).- Chapter 4. Australia Higher Education and the Future of the Common Good (Greg McCarthy).- Chapter 5. Australia’s China Literacy and China’s Australia Literacy: misassumptions on both sides and implications for bilateral relations (Dan Hu).- Chapter 6. The Poverty of China Literacy in Australia and the False Promise of Ontological Security (Chengxin Pan).- Part II: Legitimacy and State Capacity.- Chapter 7. Different Histories, Shared Futures (Justin O’Connor).- Chapter 8. Reflections: Notes from afar (Michael Dutton).- Chapter 9. Explaining the CPC’s legitimacy: A State-centred perspective (Tao Xie).- Chapter 10. Minzhu: What Does Democracy Mean  to the People’s Republic? (Baohui Xie).- Chapter 11. The ideological nature and political character of Chinese politics (Axel Dessein).- Part III: Soft Power and Cultural Exchange.- Chapter 12. Soft power, cultural diplomacy and foreign interference (Jocelyn Chey).- Chapter 13. China Threat, Australian Challenge: Recognizing differences, building futures (David Goodman).- Chapter 14. Contemporary Chinese perspectives of Australia: A thematic analysis of Chinese “we-media” (Jack Butcher).- Part IV: Trade and Geopolitics.- Chapter 15. The Role of National Security in Australia-China Relations (Colin Mackerras).- Chapter 16. Australian interdependence versus dependence (David Morris).- Chapter 17. Australia’s trade exposure to China: a      critical assessment of the threat (James Laurenceson).- Chapter 18. The unit-systemic dynamics and China-Australia Strategic Partnership (Lei Yu).- Chapter 19. The Role of National Security in   Australia-China Relations (Colin Mackerras).- Chapter 20. What Are the External Perspectives on Australia-China Relationships (Kerry Brown).