Different Histories, Shared Futures: Dialogues on Australia-China [Paperback]

This book delves into the Australia-China relationship, which is currently at its worst since 1972, when the two countries first established a diplomatic relationship. Australia is seen by the US as its front-line ally in its fight in containing China. Derived from an international symposium organized by the editorial team and held in Adelaide, South Australia in September 2021, these essays are an attempt to offer some understanding and explanations for the deterioration of Sino-Australian ties. It is also an attempt to explore the ways by which the two countries can reach some common ground for the future. Despite our very different pasts, can we seek out a shared future together, a future that avoids a war, hot or cold, between a rising power of China and the incumbent US hegemon?

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. Australias China Literacy and Chinas 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 OConnor).- Chapter 8. Reflections: Notes from afar (Michael Dutton).- Chapter 9. Explaining the CPCs legitimacy: A State-centred perspective (Tao Xie).- Chapter 10. Minzhu: What Does Democracy Mean  to the Peoples Republic? (Baohui Xie).- Chapter 11. The ideological nature and political character of Chinese politics (Axel Dessein).- Part III: Soft Power and Cultl3&