2011 ACYD Summary Report

Appendix B: 2011 ACYD Summary Report

AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 2011 SUMMARY REPORT Contents 1 A Message from the Founder

2 What is the ACYD?

3 The ACYD’s Mission

4 Founding Partner Organisations: ACYA and CUMU

5 2011 ACYD Keynote Addresses

6 2011 ACYD Panel Sessions 6.1 Session 1: The Chinese Diaspora in Australia: Memory and History 6.2 Session 2: Indigenous Affairs in Australia 6.3 Session 3: The Mining Boom and Australia-China Relations: Blessing or Curse? 6.4 Session 4: Creative Industries in Australia and China 6.5 Session 5: China’s International Role (Political and International Perspectives) 6.6 Session 6: China’s International Role (Economic and Commercial Perspectives)

7 2011 ACYD Delegate Profiles

8 2011 ACYD Media Highlights

9 YD 2011 Secretariat Biographies

10 2011 ACYD Sponsors and Associate Partners

11 2011 ACYD Photo Highlights

AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 中澳青年对话 1

The Australia-China Youth Dialogue (ACYD) was inaugurated in A Message 2010 by its founding organisations, the Australia-China Youth Association (ACYA) and the China University Media Union from the (CUMU) to address the absence of formal institutional dialogue Founder between the youth of Australia and China. Two years on, the ACYD has grown from strength to strength. Not only has the ACYD itself improved, but it has proved an influential model for other youth organisations, with 2011 being the inaugural year of the China-Britain Youth Dialogue and the Australia-India Youth Dialogue, attesting to the influence of the founding vision of the Australia-China Youth Dialogue.

We believe that institutionalised dialogue is of paramount importance in preparing youth leaders to effectively engage with their counterparts in what are two very different nations: eco- nomically, socially and politically. Managing these differences requires young leaders who have an understanding of each nation and the ability to mutually and constructively engage with one another in pursuit of a stronger, deeper and more beneficial Australia-China relationship.

The ACYD Secretariat remains committed to this founding vision: bringing youth leaders together in an environment fostering mutual understanding, respect and future friendships to the benefit of the long-term Australia-China relationship.

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 2 What is the ACYD?

The Australia-China Youth Dialogue (ACYD) aims to promote sustained and meaningful engagement between young Australians and Chinese who share a passion for expanding Australia-China relations.

The ACYD takes the form on annual conference between leading young Australian and Chinese. It is held on alternating years in China and Australia. The ACYD will be held in China in 2012.

The ACYD encompasses a wide range of topics, holding several panel discussions of direct relevance to the Australia-China relationship. Panel discussions are lead by three to four recognised specialists in the field, offering delegates differing perspectives on the issue under discussion.

These panel discussions are complemented by keynote addresses by prominent figures within the Australia-China relationship. These keynote addresses allow delegates direct access to policy debates at the highest level, giving them unique insight into the Australia-China relationship.

Delegates from Australia and China are selected through a two-track system. Certain individuals of exceptional calibre are selected by invitation. They are complemented by an open application process for the majority of delegates. The ACYD aims at attracting the highest quality of candidates, while ensuring a representative diversity within the cohort.

Other key activities of the ACYD include informal relationship building exercises. These include many activities aimed at raising the understanding among delegates of the societies, polities and economies of the respective nations of China and Australia. Fol- lowing the conference, several ACYD alumni events are held throughout the year in Beijing, Hong Kong, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne.

AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 中澳青年对话 3 ACYD Outcomes

The ACYD was founded to promote more sophisticated and meaningful cross-cultural understanding among Australian and Chinese youth.

The main outcomes of the ACYD are to:

the ACYD will broaden and deepen the bilateral relationship. It will do this 1through creating and strengthening personal relationships between future leaders in Australia-China affairs.

the ACYD will engender positive perceptions and increased knowledge of 2 Australia’s economic, trade, and security relationship with China and vice versa.

the ACYD will increase delegates’ ability to effectively engage with their future 3 partners in the government, private or third sectors of the respective nations.

Encourage youth to seek employment opportunities in future business, research, 4 NGO and/or diplomatic roles between China and Australia.

On an individual level, ACYD aims to contribute to each delegate’s personal knowledge of and engagement with the Australia-China bilateral relationship. On a national level, ACYD aims to enhance the quality of that relationship through bringing together young leaders in a forum where their diverse views and experiences can be shared, respected and meaningfully engaged with. Ultimately, this increased understanding and respect will contribute to a more beneficial relationship between Australia and China.

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 4 Founding The Australia-China Youth Association From a couple of friends exploring ideas at a Peking University dormitory in late 2008 to a youth organisation with over 2500 members, ACYA captures the energy and en- Partner thusiasm thousands of young Australians and Chinese share for developing the relation- Organisa- ship between the two countries. Through ACYA’s website and university chapters, ACYA aims to become a one-stop career and education resource and a facilitator and promoter of Australia-China dia- tions: logue. The website is managed and sustained through its National Secretariat, which ACYA and also co-ordinates ACYA’s growing university chapter presence. ACYA’s university chapters recruit members and host career, education and people- to- people events. These include public forums, lectures, networking events and language CUMU exchange study groups. ACYA has chapters in Canberra, Sydney, Adelaide, Mel- bourne, Brisbane, Perth and Beijing.

The Chinese University Media Union

Formed by China’s most influential youth media, the China Youth Daily, and 63 leading Chinese universities, the China University Media Union serves as a communication and cooperation platform for media bodies at Chinese universities.

The Union is committed to the integration and sharing of university information resources, enhancing university communication and exchange capabilities, the diversification of communication channels and aiding the growth and success of China’s university students.

The Union comprises 155 committee member universities and over 500 campus media bodies, with each Union member campus boasting their own campus news website, BBS (electronic bulletin boards), newspaper, radio station, television station and magazine. The official Union website, the China University Media Network, will be developed to include an ‘Opinion Leaders Club on Campus’ and a ‘Portal of Campus News’.

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Executive Director of the Australian Minister for Trade China Institute, the Australian ACYD National University (ANU) The Hon. Keynote Richard Dr Craig Speakers Rigby Emerson MP

rofessor Richard Rigby graduated in r Craig Emerson is currently the History at the The Australian National Minister for Trade and has been the PUniversity in 1970 and went on to DMember for Rankin since 1998. do his PhD - subsequently reworked and From 2007 to 2010 he had portfolio re- published by the ANU Press as The May sponsibility for small business, competition 30th Movement - under Professor Wang policy, consumer affairs and deregulation. Gungwu in the then Department of Far Eastern History (now the School of Cul- Craig holds a Bachelor of Economics ture, History & Language). (Honours) Degree from the University of Sydney, a Master of Economics Degree Richard joined Australia’s Department from the University of Sydney and a PhD in of Foreign Affairs in 1975, where he Economics from The Australian National worked until the end of 2001: postings University. included Tokyo, Beijing (twice), Shanghai (Consul-General 1994-1998), London, He has been a Post-Doctoral Fellow at The and Israel (Ambassador, 2000-2001). Australian National University and has 17 He then joined the Office of National As- publications to his name, including a book sessments as Assistant Director-General, setting out a vision and plan for Australia’s responsible for North and South Asia, future. Since becoming a parliamentar- where he worked until taking up his cur- ian Craig has had more than 70 opinion rent position with the ANU China Institute pieces published in national newspapers. in April 2008. Professionally, he has been Secretary of While engaged in government work, a Queensland Government Department, Richard continued to pursue his academic CEO of a Queensland Statutory Authority, interests with a series of translations, book Assistant Secretary in the Department of reviews and articles on China-related top- the Prime Minister, and Cabinet and Eco- ics. His personal interests in Chinese stud- nomic Analyst at the United Nations. ies are primarily literary and historical, but his profession has ensured a thorough address topic immersion in all aspects of contemporary The Development of the Australia-China China and other major Asian cultures. Economic Relationship

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE Secretary of the Professor of Strategic Director of the Research Department of Foreign Studies and Head of the School of Economics, ANU, Affairs and Trade, AOC, Strategic and Defence non-resident Senior Fellow Studies Centre, ANU, of the Brookings Institute Dennis and Visiting Fellow at and Professorial Fellow of the Lowy Institute for the Lowy Institute Richardson International Policy Warwick AO Hugh White McKibbin

r Dennis Richardson is the ugh White is Professor of Stra- rofessor Warwick McKibbin current Secretary of the De- tegic Studies at the Australian is a Professorial Fellow at the Mpartment of Foreign Affairs HNational University and a Vis- PLowy Institute for International and Trade. iting Fellow at the Lowy Institute for Policy. He is also Director of ANU International Policy. Research School of Economics. He is Prior to his current role, he was Aus- also a non-resident Senior Fellow at tralian Ambassador to the United His work focuses primarily on the Brookings Institution in Washing- States from 2005 to 2009. He was Australian strategic and defence ton, DC, and President of McKibbin Director-General of the Australian Se- policy, Asia-Pacific strategic issues, Software Group. curity Intelligence Organisation from and global strategic affairs as they 1996-2005 and before that, the affect Australia. He has worked on He is a member of the Board of Deputy-Secretary of the Department these issues for thirty years, as an the Reserve Bank of Australia. of Immigration and Multicultural Af- intelligence analyst with the Office of Professor McKibbin until recently fairs 1993-1996. National Assessments, as a journalist was a member of the Prime Minister’s with the Sydney Morning Herald, Science, Engineering and Innovation He held various senior public ser- as a personal adviser to Defence Council and served on the Prime vice roles in the Departments of the Minister Kim Beazley and Prime Minister’s Uranium Mining and Prime Minister and Cabinet and De- Minister Bob Hawke, as a senior Nuclear Energy Review. partment of Immigration from 1986- public servant, and as a policy 1991, including Principal Adviser to scholar and academic. the Prime Minister 1990-1991. From 1995 to 2000 he was Deputy He has a held variety of diplomatic Secretary for Strategy and Intelligence posts from 1969 to 1986, including in the Department of Defence, and postings to Nairobi, Port Moresby was the principal author of the 2000 and Jakarta. Defence White Paper. From 2001- 2004 he was the first Director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). His recent publications include Power Shift: Australia’s Future between Washington and Beijing published as a Quarterly Essay in September 2010.

In the 1970s he studied philosophy at Melbourne and Oxford Universities.

Address Topic Power Shift: Australia’s China Policy

AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 中澳青年对话 Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jacques Chief China Representative, Australia-China Business Council Nicola Wakefield Evans Paul Glasson

icola Wakefield Evans is a Partner of Malle- aul Glasson is currently Chief Representative in China sons Stephen Jaques in Sydney office. She and Director of the Australia China Business Council; Nspecialises in mergers and acquisitions, capi- PChairman of Satori Investments Greater China; Chief tal markets, projects, infrastructure and corporate gov- Representative in China of Atlas Iron Ltd; Chief Representa- ernance. Nicola is also a non-executive director of tive in China to HRL Ltd; Director of Aokai Co. Ltd; Direc- Toll Holdings Limited, Australia’s largest transport and tor of Li Jin Capital Pty Ltd; and Non-Executive Director of logistics company. HighHai Trading Co Ltd. From 2004-2008 Mr Glasson worked together with KPMG Australia building their advi- Nicola has acted for major Australian, Chinese, sory practice to Chinese companies investing in Australia. Asian and international corporations and investment banks including UC Rusal, BHP Billiton, Macquarie Mr Glasson has been in China for more than thirteen years Bank, AMP, GE, Morgan Stanley, Fushan, APAC, Lion and is recognized in industry as one of the foremost ex- Nathan and a number of PRC companies, and has perts on outbound investments by Chinese enterprises. He held a number of client relationship partner roles for was acknowledged in 2009 and 2010 as one of the the firm’s key clients. Young Leaders in China by the Boao Forum; and by the Australian newspaper in 2008 as one of “the Most Influ- Nicola has been involved in significant transactions in ential Australians in China”. the energy and resources, financial services, airports, private equity, media, technology and communications Mr Glasson has been involved in many of the M + A trans- sectors. She has experience negotiating and actions involving Chinese capital investment into Australia, documenting corporate transactions including having begun focusing on outbound transactions as early company and business transactions, joint ventures and as 2001. Paul Glasson plays a pivotal advocacy role restructurings, capital raisings and takeovers. with the Australia China Business Council in promoting bilateral trade and investment ties including running the Aus- A key member of the firm’s corporate governance tralia China Economic & Trade Forum in 2010 and 2011 group, Nicola has experience in providing strategic with Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard MP; Deputy advice to company boards on the conduct of meetings, Premier of China Li Keqiang; Vice President of China Xi Jin- director and senior executive remuneration, directors ping and senior government and business leaders; as well indemnities, board composition and compliance. She as a range of other bi-lateral engagements with Australian has written papers and given seminars on corporate and Chinese government and business. governance, directors’ duties and directors’ duties during insolvency and takeovers, on corporate issues Address Topic in the energy and resources industry and capital The Drivers of China’s Go-Global Push markets.

Nicola co-authored an article published by the International Bar Association (IBA) corporate and M&A Law Committee 2009 - Australia: Squeeze-Out Guide.

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE Prime Minister from Chief Investment Officer - Secretary of the 1983 – 1991 Asia Caledonia Australian Treasury (Private) Investments The Hon. Tim Davies Dr Martin RJL (Bob) Parkinson Hawke AC PSM

ob Hawke was born in 1929 im has over 14 years of invest- r Parkinson is currently the at Bordertown, South Austra- ment experience, with a particu- Secretary of the Australian Blia. Western Australia’s Rhodes Tlar focus on the Asian region. DTreasury. Dr Parkinson previ- Scholar of 1953, he also studied Prior to joining Caledonia, Tim was ously served as Secretary of the De- at Oxford University from 1953 to the Portfolio Manager of the China partment of Climate Change from its 1955, graduating with the degree proportion of the portfolio for Eller- establishment on 3 December 2007. of Bachelor of Letters. ston Capital and Consolidated Press Holdings, from 2004 to 2009. From 2001, Dr Parkinson spent six Mr Hawke joined the Australian Tim lived in Shanghai from 2006 years as Deputy Secretary in Trea- Labor Party (ALP) in 1947 and after to 2008 where he established the sury with responsibility for domestic being ACTU President from 1970 – Shanghai office employing 20- lo and international macroeconomic 1980 he was elected President of cal research staff and invested in issues and as Deputy Secretary of the ALP for the period 1973-1978. Chinese equities listed in mainland the Climate Change Group in the In 1980 he was elected to the China (A&B shares) and Hong Kong Department of Prime Minister and Federal parliament, and in February as well as through Asian and interna- Cabinet with responsibility for lead- 1983 became the Leader of the tional exchanges. ing and coordinating implementation Opposition. of the emissions trading scheme and Prior to working at Ellerston Capi- coordinating climate change policy. He led the Labor Party to victory in tal, Tim was an Associate Director the general election in March 1983 at Goldman Sachs (1998-2001), Dr Parkinson was Australia’s G-20, and, in winning three successive working on the European hedge IMFC and Development Committee elections, became Australia’s longest fund sales trading desk in London. Deputy and Co-chair of the G-20 serving Labor Prime Minister. From 2001 to 2004, Tim worked as Deputies process in 2006. He has an investment analyst at Consolidat- previously worked at the International He ceased to be Prime Minister in ed Press Holdings, the parent com- Monetary Fund on the reform of in- December 1991 and resigned from pany of Ellerston. ternational financial architecture and the Parliament in February 1992. in the early 1990s served as Senior Tim graduated from Monash Uni- Adviser to Treasurer Dawkins. Mr Hawke is also engaged in versity in Melbourne, completing a business consulting work and is a co- Bachelor of Psychology and Physiol- He holds a Ph.D from Princeton founder of the Boao Forum for Asia. ogy in 1995 and an Honours De- University, a M.Ec from the Austra- gree in Physiology in 1996. Timothy lian National University and a B.Ec Address Topic Davies joined Caledonia in March (Hons) from the University of Ad- China: Personal and Professional 2010. elaide. Engagement Over 20 Years Address Topic Address Topic China vs Europe: Building a Career The China-Australia Relationship: in Greater China Recognising the Challenges, Grasping the Opportunities

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Country Representative, Emeritus Panel Ford Foundation, Beijing Professor Professor Sessions John Geoffrey Session 1: The Chinese Blainey Diaspora in Australia: Fitzgerald Memory and History

ohn Fitzgerald is representative of the rofessor Geoffrey Blainey is one of Ford Foundation’s office in Beijing. Australia’s most prominent intellectu- JHe develops the overall strategy and Pals. A social and economic historian, direction of the foundation’s work in Professor Blainey’s work has had an enor- China, which emphasizes opportunities mous influence on Australian society and for poor and marginal communities to politics. Among many works, his A Short participate fully and equally in China’s History of the World, The Tyranny of Dis- development. Before joining the Ford tance: How Distance Shaped Australia’s Foundation in 2008, John was head of History and The Triumph of the Nomads: the School of Social Sciences at La Trobe A History of Ancient Australia have re- University in Melbourne, Australia, and ceived wide critical acclaim. director of the International Center of Excellence in Asia-Pacific Studies at the Australian National University (ANU) in Professor Blainey, among other posts, Canberra. has held the Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University. He was founda- He served as a member of the Australia- tion Chancellor of Ballarat University from China Council of the Australian 1994 to1998, and Chairman of the Aus- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, tralia-China Council from 1979 to 1984. and as chairman of the Committee for National and International Cooperation of the Australian Research Council. He also served as president of the Chinese Studies Association of Australia.

His publications include “Awakening China: Politics, Culture and Class in the Nationalist Revolution” (Stanford University Press, 1996), which was awarded the Joseph Levenson Prize for 20th Century China by the Association for Asian Studies, and “Big White Lie: Chinese Australians in White Australia” (University of New South Wales Press, 2007), which received the Ernest Scott Prize in Australian History from the Australian Historical Association Prize in Australian History from the Australian Historical Association.

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE Former National Head of International Client Party Senator Services, Bank of Melbourne William Alice Wong O’Chee

ormer National Party Senator for lice has over three decades Queensland from 1990 to 1998, experience in banking and financial FWilliam O’Chee was the first member Aservices and is currently the Head of the Australian parliament of Chinese of International Client Services at the Bank descent. of Melbourne. She sees her role as unique opportunity to assist businesses, migrants An alumnus of Oxford University and and expatriates as they move to and from investment banker, O’Chee is best known Australia. for his opposition to racism and, in particular, the anti-Asian platform of the Her particular understanding of both One Nation Party. He did much to raise Asian and Australian cultures has allowed the profile of Chinese Australians and their her ‘add value’ to her clients’ banking contribution to the nation. O’Chee has relationships, whether it be as simple as also been named a Global Leader for a hint about etiquette in a new country, Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum. or providing networking opportunities between complementary clients.

Alice is the Patron of the Chinese Cancer Society of Victoria, sits on the Committee of the Advisory Board of the Confucius In- stitute, and is a Board Member of Asialink, the Asia Society AustralAsia Centre, and International House at the University of Melbourne.

She was also a member of the Prime Min- ister’s Reference Group for the National Asian Language and Studies in Schools Program.

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Former High Court Justice Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Gilbert + Tobin Panel The Hon Lawyers Sessions Michael Danny Session 2: Kirby AC Gilbert Indigenous Affairs CMG (Video Message) in Australia

ne of Australia’s most eminent anny Gilbert is Co-Founder and jurists, the Honourable Michael Managing Partner of Gilbert + OKirby retired from the High DTobin Lawyers. Court of Australia in 2009, having been appointed in 1996. Considered one of Danny currently holds a number of direc- Australia’s most liberal jurists, he has been torships including Chairman of the Na- a leading advocate of judicial activism in tional Museum of Australia and Chairman the High Court. of the Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership. He is Non-Executive Director In addition to his judicial duties, the Hon- of the National Australia Bank and a Di- ourable Michael Kirby has also served on rector of the Australian Indigenous Minor- many national and international bodies. ity Supplier Council. He has served as a member of the World Health Organisation’s Global Commission He is also a trustee of several private char- on AIDS (1988-92); President of the Inter- itable trusts. national Commission of Jurists, Geneva (1995-8); as UN Special Representative In 2005, Danny was honoured with the Human Rights in Cambodia (1993-6); Order of Australia (AM) for his services to and a member of the High Commission- the law and the community, particularly er for Human Rights’ Judicial Reference Australia’s Indigenous peoples. Group (2007-).

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE Managing Director of Wik ARC Professorial Fellow at the Projects Ltd Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU Gina Professor Castelain Jon Altman

ina Castelain is a 27 year old on Altman is a research professor Wik and Wik Waya woman from currently holding an ARC Australian GAurukun. Her traditional country JProfessorial Fellowship at the Centre includes the Aurukun wetlands (subject to for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research the Archer Basin Wild Rivers Declaration) (CAEPR), School of Social Sciences, the and the rich bauxite deposits north of Au- Australian National University. rukun. He has an academic background in Gina is the managing director of Wik economics from the University of Auckland, Projects Ltd, an enabling organisation es- New Zealand and in anthropology from tablished by Wik and Wik Waya tradi- the ANU. Since arriving in Australia in tional owners to represent their interests; 1976 he has dedicated his professional articulate their aspirations and pursue sus- career to research on Australian Indigenous tainable economic development on their economic development, mainly in remote country. Wik Projects also supports several Australia. In 1990 he was appointed the local indigenous commercial operations Foundation Director of CAEPR, a position including an ecotourism company and an the he relinquished after 20 years in earthmoving business. 2010.

Gina’s mother, Norma Chevathun, was a Much of his recent research focuses on prominent indigenous leader and one of Indigenous development, the hybrid the original Wik native title claimants. economy, political ecology of the Indigenous estate, native title, land rights Gina considers all people should have and property rights. opportunity to realise their aspirations. It is her belief that a sustainable economic Since 2007 Professor Altman has been base for Indigenous communities will only a vocal critic of the Northern Territory be realised if Aboriginal people are em- Emergency Response Intervention; he powered and supported, at a local level, recently co-edited (with Melinda Hinkson) to build it. the award winning book Culture Crisis: Anthropology and Politics in Aboriginal Wik and Wik Waya people recognise Australia (UNSW Press, 2010). China as the world’s fastest growing economy and will be directly impacted by proposed Chinese resource and mining expansion on Cape York. Wik and Wik Waya people will continue to engage with Chinese enterprise where genuine opportunity exists to create positive economic and cultural benefits for local communities.

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Chief Executive Director, Emeritus Professor of the Australia-China Economics, the Australian Panel Business Council National University Sessions Laurie Professor Session 3: The Mining Pearcey Peter Boom and Australia-China Drysdale Relations: Blessing or Curse?

aurie Pearcey is a fluent Mandarin rofessor Peter Drysdale is Emeritus speaker and a Visiting Fellow in Pacif- Professor of Economics and Head of Lic and Asian History at the Australian Pthe East Asian Bureau of Economic National University. Laurie was appointed Research and the East Asia Forum at the as a Scholar of the Order of Australia Australian National University. Association Foundation by the Governor- General for community leadership and He is widely recognised as the leading excellence in Chinese Studies. intellectual architect of APEC. He is the author of a number of books and papers As Chief Executive Officer of the Australia on international trade and economic policy China Business Council, Laurie is in East Asia and the Pacific, including responsible for working with the Chairman his prize-winning book, International and the Board of Directors on research, Economic Pluralism: Economic Policy in policy and corporate governance as East Asia and the Pacific. well as managing key relationships with the Australian Government and Chinese He is recipient of the Asia Pacific Prize, consular corps and coordinating the the Weary Dunlop Award, the Japanese Council’s national engagement with Order of the Rising Sun with Gold corporate Australia. Rays and Neck Ribbon, the Australian Centenary Medal and he is a member of Laurie is a Director of the McKell Institute, the Order of Australia. which is a recently formed progressive public policy think tank designed to develop practical policy proposals to build a fairer and more prosperous society. Laurie is also a Member of the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism’s Approved Destination Scheme Industry Advisory Panel and the Advisory Board of the Australia-China Youth Association.

Laurie has organised several trade and investment delegations to a variety of jurisdictions in mainland China. Laurie has worked on major bilateral visits between Australia and China including the recent Australia China Economic and Trade Cooperation Forums coinciding with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping’s respective visits to Beijing and Canberra.

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE Asia-Pacific Editor, The Executive Chairman - Asia, Caledonia Australian (Private Investments) Rowan Clinton Callick Dines

r Rowan Callick, The Aus- linton Dines has a Degree in to Shanghai in late 2002 to run the tralian’s Asia-Pacific edi- Asian Studies from Griffith merged and restructured BHP Billiton Mtor, was the newspaper’s CUniversity in Brisbane, Austra- China operations from there. He was Beijing-based China correspondent lia. His studies concentrated on Chi- instrumental in the establishment of the for three years until returning to Mel- nese Economics. He is also a gradu- Australian Chamber of Commerce bourne at the start of 2009. ate of the Course in International in China in 1993 and chaired that Management at INSEAD in France. organization from 1998 to 2000. He grew up in England, graduating He is a Founding Governor of the with a BA Honours from Exeter Uni- Clinton first arrived in China in early Capital Club in Beijing, President versity. He worked for a daily news- 1979 on a Post Graduate Program of the Executive Committee of the paper in the north east before mov- arranged by Griffith University. He Shanghai Rugby Football Club, a ing to Papua New Guinea, where has been living and working in the founding Member of the Oriental he became general manager of a Greater China Region ever since, Mining Club and is involved in locally owned publishing, printing the majority of that time in mainland various other charity and not-for-profit and retail group. In 1987 he came China. During his business career organizations. to Australia, working for almost 20 Clinton has occupied management years for The Australian Financial Re- positions with the Jardine Matheson He was invited by the Australian view, including as Hong Kong-based Group, the Santa Fe Transport Group Olympic Committee to be the China correspondent. From 1990- and Asia Securities Venture Capital. Attaché to the Australian Olympic 1992 he was a senior writer with In 1988 he joined BHP as the senior Team for the Beijing Olympic Games Time magazine. country executive for China and in 2008. He was also the only non- stayed with the group for over 21 Chinese invited by BOCOG to sit He was a member of the National years, retiring from that role in July on the judging panel which selected Advisory Council on Aid Policy from 2009. the design for the Beijing Olympic 1994-96, a board member of the Medals. He is currently Executive Australia Indonesia Institute from Throughout his career Clinton has Chairman Asia for Caledonia 2001-2006, and a member of the specialised in the business practices Investments, a Non-Executive Director Foreign Minister’s Foreign Affairs relating to negotiating, establishing of Kazakhmys plc and of Zanaga Council from 2003-2006. and operating Sino-Foreign ventures, Iron Ore Company, a Visiting Fellow in the management and development of the Lowy Institute for International His book Comrades & Capitalists: of foreign-invested and operated Policy and a member of the Griffith Hong Kong since the Handover was businesses, and marketing and University Council. published by the University of NSW commercial activities in China. Press in 1998. He won the Graham He was closely involved in one Clinton is married to Jeronia Muntaner, Perkin Award for Journalist of the Year of the earliest Sino-Foreign joint another long-term resident of China for 1995, and two Walkley Awards, ventures in China in 1980 and he from Spain who is a Program Director for Asia-Pacific coverage, for 1997 has subsequently been continuously for the Half the Sky Foundation and 2007. involved in a wide range of ventures, working in Chinese orphanages. investments and business initiatives They have three children – a son across a variety of industries and and two daughters, the youngest of regions in China. whom was adopted in China.

Clinton is a fluent Mandarin speaker and after 14 years in Beijing relocated

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Contemporary Panel Australian-Chinese artist Guan Sessions Wei Session 4: Creative Industries in Australia and China

orn 1957, Beijing, China. In 1989, Australia, Adelaide in 2006; ‘Looking three years after graduating from the for home’, Earllu Gallery, Singapore in BDepartment of Fine Arts at Beijing 2000; also, Nesting, or Art of Idleness Capital University, Guan Wei came to Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney in Australia to take up an artist-in-residence 1999. at the Tasmanian School of Art. He was invited to undertake two further residencies: He has been included in numerous one at the Museum of Contemporary Art in important contemporary exhibitions Sydney (1992), the other at the Canberra internationally, such as Shanghai Biennial School of Art, Australian National Univer- 2010; 10th Havana Biennial Cuba in sity (1993). Since then he obtained many 2009; ‘Handle with Care’ Adelaide grants, including Australia Council’s grant Biennial of Australian Art, at Art Gallery for Greene St New York studio in 2003, of South Australia in 2008; ‘Face Up: Cite International des Art Paris in 2007 Contemporary Art from Australia’, & Fellowship in 2008-2009. In 2008 he Hamburger Bahnhof Museum, Berlin set up a studio in Beijing. Now he lives 2003; Osaka Triennial Contemporary and works in both Beijing and Sydney. Art space Osaka Japan 2001. ‘Man and Space’, Kwangju Biennale 2000; Guan Wei’s work has a profoundly felt, and Third Asia Pacific Triennial of if implicitly ironic, moral dimension. In Contemporary Art, Queensland Art their complex symbolic form, his subjects Gallery Australia 1999. potently embody current social and environmental dilemmas. They are equally Craftsman House has published Guan the product of his rich cultural repertory of Wei’s monograph in 2006. Guan Wei symbols and his informed socio-political has won several awards, including the awareness and art-historical knowledge. 2002 Sir John Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia. His work Guan Wei has held 45 solo exhibitions, has been held in major public collections including, most recently, ‘Spellbound’ and numerous university, corporate and Guan Wei 2011 at He Xiang Ning OCT private collections internationally. Contemporary Art Centre Shenzhen; ‘Cloud in the sky, Water in the bottle’ Shumu Art Space, Beijing 2010; ‘Other Histories: Guan Wei’s Fable for a Contemporary World’ at Powerhouse Museum, Sydney 2006-2007; ‘A Distant Land’ at Contemporary Art Centre of South

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE Director, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art Contemporary Australian-Chinese artist Aaron Seeto Guo Jian

aron Seeto’s curatorial work revolves around the rriving in Australia in 1992, Guo Jian’s art Asia-Pacific region and the impact and experi- practice has been fuelled by his position as Aence of migration and globalisation on contem- Aa reflective, sharply satirical Chinese - expa porary art practice. As a curator he has developed triate who grew up during the Cultural Revolution. significant projects with key Asian and Asian-Australian Jian’s early experiences of art were inevitably en- artists for a range of cultural institutions including 4A twined with communist authority, ideology and mili- Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney; the Mu- taristic power - his first acquaintance with art was seum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and Campbelltown time spent as a propaganda-poster painter for the Arts Centre. People’s Liberation Army then later, as an art student Recent major projects for 4A include The Day After in Beijing. Tomorrow - Shen Shaomin (2011, upcoming); Last Jian takes the Socialist Realism he grew up with in Words (2010) a survey of current Asian and Asian- China, subverts and transforms it, often humorously, Australian practice presented as an exhibition and into Socio-Realism in an almost celebratory act of publication project Cinema Alley, Yang Fudong - protest and liberation. His flat surfaces and height- Estranged Paradise (2010); Qiu Anxiong- Nostalgia ened colours owe much to the Chinese visual and (2009), and Ming Wong - Vain Efforts (2009); Dadang political language of the Communist era. Underly- Christanto Survivor (2009) and SPEAKEASY (2009) ing conflicting themes of sex and violence, East and co-curated with Vernon Ah Kee charting Asian and West are dominant forces in Jian’s works. Soldiers Indigenous histories. are captivated and awestruck by female perform- He has curated large-scale projects for other cultural ers, sometimes in quiet contemplation, sometimes institutions (as co-curator) - Edge of Elsewhere (2010) in overly excited wonderment, but a sense of false at Campbelltown Arts Centre and 4A Centre for happiness, hypocrisy and hysteria often pervade Contemporary Asian Art; News from Islands (2007) the scenes. an Asia-Pacific survey exhibition at Campbelltown Jian’s work challenges the ideologies behind both Arts Centre and Primavera (2006), Museum of eastern and western cultures and countries. Jian is Contemporary Art, Sydney. an artist who revels in juxtapositions and the search Seeto is a regular commentator on contemporary Asian for identity: ‘Put your feet into someone else’s shoes Art. He is also currently developing the Public Art Plan to think about the world and your own life differ- for Chinatown for the City of Sydney; is a Director of the ently. For me, if the surroundings change, are com- National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) and sits bined, are old or new, it doesn’t matter.’ on the Advisory Board for the City of Sydney Chinese New Year Festival.

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Director, East Asia Program Lecturer in the International Director, the Lowy Institute Relations of East Asia, Panel for International Policy University of Torino Sessions Dr Linda Dr Giovanni Session 5: China’s Jakobson Andornino International Role (Political and International Perspectives) n 1 April 2011 Linda Jakobson r Giovanni B. Andornino is Lecturer took up the position of East Asia in the International Relations of East OProgram Director at the Lowy DAsia at the University of Torino and Institute for International Policy in Sydney. Vice President of T.wai, the Torino World Before that she lived and worked in China Affairs Institute, with responsibility over the for close to 20 years and published six “Emerging Actors” research area. books about China and East Asian society. Dr Andornino holds a Ph.D. from the A Mandarin speaker, she has published Catholic University of Milan in international extensively on China’s foreign policy, the affairs. Among many other publications, Taiwan Straits, China’s energy security, he is the author of Dopo la muraglia. and climate change and science & La Cina nella politica internazionale del technology polices. XXI secolo (“After the Wall: China in XXI century international politics”) and co- Prior to joining the Lowy Institute, Jakobson author of L’orizzonte del mondo (“The served as Director of the China and world’s horizon”). His chapters on China Global Security Programme and Senior and global governance feature in the Researcher at the Stockholm International 2010 Routledge Handbook of Chinese Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). International Relations 2011 Brookings Institution Press Frontiers of Europe. Her most recent publications are China’s Energy and Security Relations with Russia: Dr Andornino is also the editor of Hopes, Frustrations and Uncertainties OrizzonteCina, a leading Italian (SIPRI Policy Paper 2011/29 with Paul monthly publication discussing trends Holtom, Dean Knox and Jingchao Peng); and ideas regarding contemporary New Foreign Policy Actors in China (SIPRI China’s politics and economy, and Policy Paper 2010/26 with Dean Knox); General Editor of TheChinaCompanion China prepares for an ice-free Arctic (SIPRI (www.thechinacompanion.eu), a web Insights on Peace and Security 2010/2) portal specializing on Chinese politics, as well as “The Myth of a Sino-Russian international relations and international Challenge to the West” (International political economy. He coordinates Spectator, with Hiski Haukkala, vol 44, TOChina, the working unit on China at no 3, September 2009). the School of Political Science, University of Torino (www.to-asia.it). Jakobson’s research focuses on China’s foreign and security policy as well as regional security issues in Northeast Asia.

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE Research Associate, Associate Professor in the Lowy Institute for International Relations, International Policy University of Fiona New South Wales Dr You Ji Cunningham

iona joined the Lowy Institute’s r You Ji is Reader of political science International Security Program as a in the School of Social Science and FResearch Associate for nuclear issues DInternational Studies, the University in March 2009. She supports the Institute’s of New South. He has published widely current partnership with the Nuclear on China’s political, military, and foreign Security Project of the Nuclear Threat affairs. Initiative and previously assisted with the Institute’s research for the International He is author of three books, including Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation China’s Enterprise Reform: Changing and Disarmament. State/Society Relations after Mao, 1998; and The Armed Forces of China, 1999; Fiona holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree and numerous articles. from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Politics and You Ji is on the international editorial International Relations) from the University board of the China Journal; Provincial of New South Wales, both with first class China; East Asia Policy; and Journal honours. She has also studied at Harvard of Contemporary China. He is also a University and the Renmin University of member of advisory board for the series China in Beijing, and interned at the Belfer on contemporary China, World Scientific Center at Harvard University, International Publisher, Singapore. Crisis Group and the China Security Program of the World Security Institute.

AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 中澳青年对话 6.6

Editor, The Lowy Intrepreter, Asia Affairs Correspondent, Panel Fellow, the Lowy Institute for The Age International Policy Peter Sam Sessions Yuancai Session 6: China’s Roggeveen International Role (Economic and Commercial Perspectives) am Roggeveen is currently a Fellow eter is The Age’s new Asian Affairs of the Lowy Institute for International Reporter and he will start his new role SPolicy and Editor of the Lowy Pin October. Interpreter. Prior to joining The Age, Peter was a policy Sam Roggeveen was a senior strategic analyst with the Foreign Investment Review analyst in Australia’s peak intelligence Board (FIRB) at the Australian Treasury. He agency, the Office of National is also working as a consulting editor for Assessments, where his work dealt mainly East Asia Forum at the Australian National with nuclear strategy and arms control, University (ANU), Canberra. ballistic-missile defence, North Asian strategic affairs and WMD terrorism. Sam He has published on modern Chinese and also worked on arms control policy in Japanese history, foreign direct investment Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs, and Sino-Australian relations. and as an intelligence analyst in the Defence Intelligence Organisation. He studied history and international relations at Adelaide and Oxford He has written for various Australian universities. Peter, moreover, was an publications on US and Australian politics, inaugural delegate at the 2010 Australia- terrorism, international relations theory, China Youth Dialogue ethics, soccer, cricket, PG Wodehouse and Michael Oakeshott.

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE Chief Executive Officer, Former Australian Ambassador (2007-2011), United States Studies Centre, People’s Republic of China University of Sydney Dr Geoff Raby Geoffrey Garrett

r Geoffrey Garrett is founding CEO r Geoff Raby was the Australian Ambassador to of the United States Studies Centre China from February 2007 to August 2011 and Dand Professor of Political Science DDeputy Secretary of the Department of Foreign at the University of Sydney. He was Affairs and Trade (DFAT) from November 2002 to previously President of the Pacific Council November 2006. on International Policy in Los Angeles and before that Dean of the UCLA International He has held a number of senior positions in DFAT, including Institute. First Assistant Secretary, International Organisations and Legal Division (2001-2002), Ambassador and Permanent Garrett is a frequent commentator on Representative to the World Trade Organisation, Geneva all aspects of US politics, economics (1998-2001) and First Assistant Secretary, Trade and foreign policy in Australian media, Negotiations Division (1995-1998). He was Australia’s including The Australian, Australian APEC Ambassador from Nov 2002 to Dec 2004. Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald, Sky TV and ABC radio and Between 1993 and 1995, Dr Raby was head of the television programs. Trade Policy Issues Division of the OECD, Paris.

Among the most influential political In 1991, Dr Raby established in DFAT the Northeast Asia scientists of his generation, Garrett is Analytical Unit which subsequently became the East Asia author of Partisan Politics in the Global Analytical Unit. He was head of the Unit from 1991 to Economy, editor of The Global Diffusion of 1993. Markets and Democracy, both published by Cambridge University Press, and over Between 1986 and 1991 he served in Beijing twice as fifty articles in the world’s leading social head of the Embassy’s Economic Section. He has also science journals. held positions as trade policy adviser to the Minister for Trade (1993) and in the Office of National Assessments Garrett has held academic appointments (1984 to 1986). at Oxford, Stanford and Yale universities and the Wharton School of the University Dr Raby was born in Melbourne, Australia, in September of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the 1953. Before joining the Commonwealth Public Service, New York-based Council on Foreign he was senior tutor in economics at La Trobe University. Relations as well as the Los Angeles-based He has Beck (Hons), M.Ec and Ph.D degrees from La Pacific Council on International Policy. Trobe.

A dual citizen of Australia and the US, In 2007 Dr Raby was a recipient of the La Trobe University Garrett was born and raised in Canberra Distinguished Alumni Award and in 2010 he was made a and holds a BA (Hons) from the Australian guest Professor of Nankai University, Tianjin PRC. Dr Raby National University. He earned his MA and is a Member of the Order of Bernard O’Higgins, Chile, PhD at Duke University in North Carolina, for services to international trade, especially for promoting where he was a Fulbright Scholar. agricultural trade liberalisation. Dr Raby has recently been appointed as Vice Chancellor’s Professorial Fellow at Monash University.

AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 中澳青年对话 7 Australian Emily D’Ath Kate Graham Delegates Profiles mily D’Ath is based in Beijing as ate’s interest in the Australia-China relationship is a Project Manager for corporate intrinsically linked to her passion for world affairs, Esocial responsibility consultancy Klanguages and culture - hence her choice of ca- company, CSR Asia –a post funded by reer at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & the Australian Youth Ambassador for Trade. Development program. Since joining CSR Asia, Emily has worked on sustain- Kate is in her fifth year with the Department, and has ability reporting and research projects recently commenced work in DFAT’s Australia-China focusing on corporate foundations and Council (ACC) which is focused on developing and community investment in China. This po- strengthening Australian and Chinese mutual interests sition involves working with multinational in what is a rapidly expanding relationship. companies such as P&G and PwC along with state owned enterprises in Beijing. Prior to her work at the ACC, Kate undertook a Dip- Emily also assists with regional and Chi- lomatic posting to the Australian Embassy in Beijing, na specific community investment work China. Kate’s posting involved two years of Depart- and business development in Northern ment sponsored Mandarin language training (one year China. taught in Canberra, and one year taught in Beijing), followed by a posting to the Political Section at the Before joining CSR Asia, Emily worked Australian Embassy in Beijing. in Shanghai and Sydney as Business Manager for a cross-cultural consulting Before her posting, Kate worked in the Consular, Public company. This role primarily involved Diplomacy and Parliamentary Affairs Division of DFAT, assisting multinational and Australian where she was responsible for building ‘brand Aus- companies to be more effective when tralia’ and managing Australia’s global image. While working in Asia. Emily is an experienced working in this division, Kate also undertook a short- project manager with practical and re- term mission to Dili, East Timor, in order to achieve search experience in sustainable devel- Cultural/Public Diplomacy objectives on behalf of the opment and corporate social responsi- Department. bility. She has also worked in Australia, China, Laos, Thailand and Malaysia. Preceding Kate’s move to the Government sector, she Emily completed her Social Science worked in the international travel industry for four years, degree (Hon 1st class) at Macquarie where she managed two successful businesses. Kate University in Australia, majoring in Hu- took over management of the first business after it had man Geography. Her studies focused on been in successive years of financial loss, and guided international aid and politics in the Asia- it into profit within the financial year, with a $1.3 mil- Pacific region. Research trips to Vietnam, lion turn around in sales. Following this success, she Laos and Cambodia led to an Honours was sought out to establish a brand new travel busi- thesis that explored the challenges of ness, which she grew into a stable profitable position measuring aid effectiveness in Laos. before taking on her position at DFAT.

Whilst back in Canberra, Kate is also undertaking study towards a Master of Asia Pacific Studies at the Australian National University. Kate’s study focuses are Mandarin language as well as political, economic and development studies relevant to the Asia Pacific region.

Kate hopes to continue to build her career as a leader and specialist within the Asia Pacific region over the years to come, and looks forward to using the 2011 ACYD as a platform to engage with peers to gain in- spiration and insight regarding issues pertinent to the Australia China bilateral relationship and the Asia Pa- cific region.

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE David Howell Christopher Kong William McCallum

orn in the United States and edu- hristopher was born and bred in ill McCallum is Manager of cated in Australia, David is a dual Australia. During his academic Communications at Asialink Bcitizen of both countries. A Man- Cpursuits, he led a team to win the Wand the Asia Society Austral- darin speaker, David graduated from the Richard Ivey School of Business’ Case Com- Asia Centre - one of Australia’s leading University of Sydney with First Class Hon- petition in Canada. After graduating from organisations for the promotion of Aus- ours and the University Medal. Currently the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor tralia-Asia engagement. As part of this interning at International Crisis Group of Commerce / Laws (Honours) double-de- role he also promotes the activities of in Beijing, he is also a non-resident gree in 2003, he went on receive the Char- the Asia Education Foundation and Asia Research Assistant at the United States tered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Australia Mental Health. Studies Centre, the University of Sydney. During his career to date, Christopher has Prior to this Will worked in Hong Kong David is an aspiring scholar-diplomat made a lasting impact in strategic roles for video production company Asia whose interests lie in international secu- across Asia Pacific at Cadbury Schweppes. Pacific Vision, whilst earning a Master rity, politics and diplomacy, in addition After assisting to establish the Regional of Journalism degree at the University to the foreign policies of his three home Headquarters in Singapore, he developed of Hong Kong. He has programmed, countries: China, Australia and the Unit- consumer segmentations across business filmed and edited a wide variety of ed States. units in Asia Pacific. He was also part of the video content and produced stories for team that facilitated the smooth integration Radio Australia. He has also worked on of two large businesses in Australia. the production of an international young leaders dialogue, broadcast on Indone- For five of the past seven years, Christo- sia’s SCTV network. pher has worked on China-related projects, including two years based in Beijing Will has interned for Channel 10, Thom- and three years in Singapore. During this as Crampton of Ogilvy Public Relations time, he enabled a turnaround business to and participated in the Victorian Parlia- achieve its first year of profits after 15 years mentary internship program of losses in China. He also led a cross-func- tional team of 15 people, based in Beijing He holds an honours degree in Political and Guangzhou, to launch a $6 million Science and Chinese Language from USD brand. the University of Melbourne and Beijing University. His honours thesis focused on Outside of work, Christopher is passionate nationalist discourses in Chinese new about community engagement. Previously media in the lead up to the 2008 Bei- he mentored local tenants to start-up a café jing Olympics. He has travelled widely on the Richmond public housing estate in China and throughout East and South- and was congratulated by then Australian east Asia. Prime Minister John Howard. In 2006, he was awarded the Earthshare Fellowship to conduct research on cocoa production in Ghana. He also helped to establish the Cadbury China Corporate Social Respon- sibility Committee in 2009.

More recently, Christopher has been writing a novel about a man’s journey of discovery set on a green tea plantation in mainland China. As part of his research, he has trav- eled to over 15 different provinces.

In the future, Christopher is looking forward to leveraging his consumer goods strategy experience to other industries and contribut- ing to the Australia-China relationship.

AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 中澳青年对话 Dominic Meagher Andrea Myles Andrew Nicholls

ominic Meagher is a Rio Tinto ndrea Myles has had a ndrew’s Andrew’s engagement China Scholar in the final stages fascination with China since with China started from an early Dof his PhD in economics at the Afirst adventuring across it solo in Aage. He began learning Manda- ANU. The central objective of his thesis 2002. Since then she has pursued her rin in primary school from the age of six, is to analyse recent aspects of change passion by obtaining a Master of Arts and visited the mainland for the first time and non-linearity in the energy use – eco- in International Studies (China) in 2006 in Year 11 as part of his senior school’s nomic growth relationship in China with and a Master of Arts in China Studies in China trip. an eye to how China’s recent changes 2011, from the University of Technology, fit into broader patterns in energy use Sydney. She has spent 6 and 12 month While undertaking a double degree in observed across many countries as their periods studying Mandarin at the Law and Arts (Media & Communica- economies evolve and develop. A few National Political University in Taipei and tions) at the University of Melbourne, key questions inspire the inquiry. Why at Yunnan Normal University, Yunnan Andrew continued his Mandarin studies is China consuming so much energy? Is Province. with a concurrent Diploma in Modern China’s economy peculiar in its huge and Languages (Chinese). He was awarded rapidly growing consumption of energy Her area of expertise is rural development a Chinese Government Scholarship in or does it conform with the experience in China, particularly regarding great 2008 to further study Mandarin and of other countries? Do the bewilderingly western development and ethnic minority Chinese law at Tsinghua University in rapid changes to China’s economy alter and tourist areas. Professionally, her Beijing. During his time at Tsinghua Uni- the relationship between the economy field is education development, most versity, Andrew became involved in the and its use of energy and if so, how? recently in projects that foster greater early development of ACYA and served What can we say about China’s energy engagement between Australia and as ACYA’s first China Representative. future and its impact on the world? China . Andrea has worked at the University of Technology, Sydney since Upon his return to Australia, Andrew be- Dominic first became interested in China 2004 and in 2009-2010 she worked came President of ACYA’s University of while interning at the Asia-Australia Insti- in Shangri-la, Yunnan province at the Melbourne Chapter and set about estab- tute in Sydney. He has previously lived Eastern Tibet Training Institute in donor lishing ACYA’s presence on campus and in China where he learned to speak relations and communications. Since throughout Melbourne. He also became mandarin. He spent some time teaching returning from Shangri-la, she has a member of the Melbourne Chinese at the Shaanxi University of Technology managed the 2011 Australia – China Law Society where he briefly served as before moving to the ANU to study for a Business Leaders Forum in Beijing and their Alumni Representative. Masters degree in development econom- begun an Asia-literacy Ambassadorship ics. In 2007 Dominic interned with Citi with Asialink, partnering with a school After graduation, Andrew took up em- (Hong Kong) where he authored a report in rural South Australia to increase ployment at the Victorian branch of concluding that changes to financial reg- participation in Asia-related subjects. the Australia-China Business Council ulation and macroeconomic policy in the (ACBC) as Communications Officer. 10 years since the Asian crisis had not She would like to increase international There he was responsible for establish- made a repeat event substantially unlike- tertiary education opportunities for rural ing the ACBC Victorian Branch News- ly. After leaving Citi, Dominic returned folk in China and has worked closely letter and preparation of news articles to the ANU as project manager for the with another ACYD delegate Danma and interviews of interest to Melbourne’s China Economy Program. At the ANU Niu, who is from China’s rural west. Australia-China business community. he was involved in the East Asia Forum She remains committed to Australia – During his time at ACBC, Andrew also and the East Asian Bureau of Economic China relations and the is excited at became involved in helping establish Research. He has been heavily involved the potential for greater engagement the Australia-China Young Professionals in projects relating to energy and climate opportunities. Initiative (ACYPI) in Melbourne and also change. began studying Bahasa Indonesia.

Dominic holds a Masters in development Since March this year, Andrew has been economics and a BA (Hons) in political undertaking his Graduate year at the science, international relations and his- global law firm DLA Piper. As part of the tory. He intends to work in China upon Melbourne Finance & Projects Team, he completion of his PhD. has a strong focus on renewable energy projects in Australia and overseas.

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE Jacob Taylor Tom Williams

acob’s involvement with China has de- homas Williams is currently complet- veloped in the areas of social anthro- ing his Asian Studies Honours and Jpology and sport. Jacob is interested TLaw degree for the University of in the potential of sport, such as his own Western Australia on exchange at Peking sport of rugby union, to act as a space University in China as part of the Prime for meaningful intercultural exchange Minister Endeavour Award. He is the Di- between China and Australia. In 2006 rector of Education of the Beijing Chapter Jacob received an ACC ‘Year in China’ of the Australia-China Youth Association. scholarship to study at Liaoning Univer- He is also in the process of establishing sity, Shenyang. a 180Degrees Consulting Branch for NGOs in Beijing. In the future he hopes to In 2008, Jacob returned to China to co-establish with University friends a study- work at the Beijing Olympics, before volunteering-adventure tour programme for completing an exchange semester in so- Australian secondary students in China. ciology and social anthropology at Pe- king University. Since 2006, Jacob has Tom has long felt that young people need developed strong ties with the Chinese to actively engage themselves with their lo- rugby community, spending extended cal and wider communities as they have periods of time training and playing with the greatest potential to sustain positive various teams, most notably the Chinese change and the greatest vested interest in National team. the future. The key aspect of this engagement is education as it is the most em- In 2010, while representing the Austra- powering process to affect real personal lian Rugby Sevens team in the IRB World and social progress. To this end he has Series, Jacob completed his combined previously worked with the UNDP and honours thesis in Anthropology and Chi- Commonwealth Youth Programme to in- nese studies, entitled Tackling Rugby in augurate the Wansolwara Youth Peace China, for which he received a Sydney Building Conference which provides University Medal. Jacob has been Pacific youth leaders with the necessary named vice captain of the Australian educational materials, training, contacts Rugby Sevens team for the upcoming and sources of funding to formulate and 2011/12 IRB Sevens season, and is implement peace and conflict resolution also drawing on his knowledge of sport strategies in their Pacific home islands. He and China to assist the Australian Rugby has also led the UWA Fogarty Scholar’s Union in their formulation of an Asia Pa- Expedition North which endowed scholars cific strategy. with a better understanding of the systemic socio-economic, legal, and health con- straints facing indigenous and rural Austra- lia through touring prisons, work camps, hospitals, energy projects and indigenous community centres and spending time with local school teachers and students.

Tom hopes over the next few years to complete a Masters in Asian Studies and then start an education oriented organisation in China.

Even though Tom greatly enjoys living in the vivacious human vibrancy that is Bei- jing, he does occasionally long for the mir- acle of Australian beaches and sunshine.

AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 中澳青年对话 Helen Zhang Mimi Zou

elen Zhang is currently a Graduate Associate at imi migrated to Sydney, Aus- Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Beijing office) in the tralia from Guangzhou, China HBanking and Finance practice group, where Mat the age of seven. She has she assists the firm with its structured derivative prod- maintained strong personal and profes- ucts and bond market capabilities in the PRC. She sional connections with China, and has recently completed her Graduate Diploma in Legal been actively involved in the Chinese Practice from the ANU and will soon be admitted as and wider community in Australia. She an Australian-qualified lawyer in December 2011. was a recipient of the 2010 New South Wales Premier’s Chinese Community Ser- Prior to joining Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Helen was vice Awards, and a finalist in the 2009 awarded the inaugural Australia-China Council – Aust- Young Australian of the Year Awards. Cham Young Leaders Scholarship, which gave her the opportunity to begin her graduate career in China. Mimi is fluent in Mandarin and- Can Under this scholarship programme, Helen worked tonese, and has worked in China for as the AustCham Greater China Coordinator for the international organisations, law firms China-Australian Chambers of Commerce in Beijing, and financial institutions. She has also Shanghai and Hong Kong. In this role, Helen success- collaborated with Chinese Academy of fully facilitated the first stage of the three Chambers’ Social Sciences Institute of Law on a vari- amalgamation process across Greater China. As part ety of research projects. Mimi is currently of the scholarship programme, Helen also interned in working as a consultant on a labour law the Economic Section of the Australian Embassy in Bei- project at the China office of the Interna- jing, where she assisted with researching and produc- tional Labour Organization. ing briefs on some of Australia-China’s key economic issues. Mimi graduated from the University of Sydney with Bachelor of Economics Helen graduated from the ANU in 2010 with a com- (Hons I & University Medal) and Bach- bined Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of elor of Laws (Hons I). She also studied Asian Studies (Specialist), within which she majored at the School of Economics and Man- in Mandarin, Asian Politics and International Relations. agement at Tsinghua University for a se- In 2008, Helen was awarded the Cheung-Kung Foun- mester on the Cheung Kong Endeavour dation Scholarship and undertook her ‘Year in China’ Australia Scholarship. Mimi has recently programme at Tsinghua University in Beijing, where completed the Bachelor of Civil Law she studied courses in advanced Chinese language with Distinction (Hons I) at the University and literature, Chinese law, international development of Oxford. She is a qualified lawyer in and public policy. New South Wales, England and Wales.

Helen has long been committed to the Australia-China Mimi is currently reading for a Doctor relationship and demonstrated this through her diverse of Philosophy in Law at Oxford on a range of work experiences in China. She has worked Commonwealth Scholarship from the UK with Network Seven during the Beijing Olympics in government. Her research explores the 2008, interned with the United Nations Development interface between labour law and hu- Programme and Reuters Beijing in the Text and Televi- man rights. sion teams. Helen has also had public sector work experience with the Department of Immigration and Citizenship.

Outside of work and study, Helen enjoys radio broad- casting, playing touch football and theatrical acting.

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 8 Chinese Carol Danmajyid Guo Chunmei Delegates Profiles anmajyid is from a rural Tibetan uo Chunmei is an assistant re- nomadic area in Gansu Province, search fellow on Australian DChina and currently reads Public Gstudies at the China Institutes Communication at the University of Tech- of Contemporary International Relations nology in Sydney in Australia. (CICIR), China’s leading think tank on international affairs. Growing up in a nomadic area and experienced a Tibetan woman’s difficult After obtaining her M.A. in Sociology life, Danmajyid observed and under- from Jilin University, she began her re- stood a woman’s responsibilities to be search on Australian studies. In recent the rearing children, herding livestock, years, she has published several articles fetching water, and collecting fuel for on bilateral relations between China and cooking. The experience of observing Australia, including “Julia Gillard: Prime the lives of illiterate women with very Minister of Australia” (International Data few opportunities for personal betterment Information No.1, 2011), “Tweaking is what drives Danmajyid to achieve her Sino-Australian Relations” (China Daily goals. 06/30/2010) and “Playing up the ‘China Threat’” (Beijing Review No.21, Danmajyid works with social issues as 2009). She has often been interviewed educational disadvantage and poor so- by the Chinese press. cial mobility, believing that in breaking down gender-based barriers that have Chunmei is proud of being one of the historically dominated her home country few scholars following Australian dynam- she is helping not only women but whole ics almost everyday. She aims to intro- communities to better their lives. duce Australia to more Chinese people and considers youth exchange to be a In order to futher this goal, Danmajyid very important bridge between the two organised a program to deliver clean countries. running water to over 60 households in order to improve living conditions in the village and to reduce women’s work- loads. She has also been involved with other development projects such as in- stalling solar panels in her village.

Through implementing these projects, Danmajyid has learnt that we are all responsible for achieving our potential and to let communities see that women play an vital role in society; and that confi- dence is essential in the pursuance of life goals. Through her actions and work within her village community, she has helped change some people’s opinions towards women where her words alone could not.

AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 中澳青年对话 Huang Rui Leng Ke Lu Yi

uang Rui is a liaison and a research assis- eng Ke in currently on leave u Yi is a senior student focusing on tant at Australian Studies Center, Sun Yat- from the Ministry of Culture of International Economics and Trade at HSen University and a 2010 International Lthe People’s Republic of China Lthe China Foreign Affairs University. Journalism graduate from Guangdong University to complete a Masters of Public Besides her academic commitments, Yi of Foreign Studies. He has developed a great Policy at the National University of actively participates in several public af- interest in Australia since first year at university, Singapore. fairs organisations in an effort to develop which has led him to his current position. her abilities and global perspective. Leng Ke has extensive diplomatic Rui focuses on Sino-Australian bilateral political, experience, having worked as Yi was the campus coordinator of “Ju- economic and trade relations, and China’s public cultural attaché at the People’s Re- nior Achievement China” and arranged diplomacy and climate change research. Aside public of China Embassy in Paki- mock interviews for the students with the from his academic endeavors, Rui co-organised stan (2005-2008) and as Third cooperation of volunteers from World the Sino-Australian SME Summit in 2010 as one Secretary at People’s Republic of Top 500 enterprises. She has a great of the starting points of his practical research pro- Embassy in Poland (2008-2010). interest in economics and international gram, through which he wishes to stress the practi- He returned to China in 2010 to affairs and represented her university in cal function of research outcomes. work as a Protocol Officer for Min- 2011 at the Harvard Model United Na- isters, Ministry of Culture, where he tions in Singapore. During his undergraduate studies, Rui was award- was responsible for the organisa- ed the campus-wide Second Prize scholarship tion and management of visits by Yi has worked for Deloitte in China and twice in 2007 and 2008. Studying international foreign dignitaries. for the Hong Kong-China Interns Associ- journalism has exposed Rui to international prob- ation where she helped many Mainland lems and disputes, which has led him to believe A graduate of the Beijing Lan- Chinese students find internship opportu- that communication is by far the best channel guage and Cultural University, nities in Hong Kong. through which mutual understanding should be Leng Ke speaks fluent English and improved, cooperation enhanced and warfare French and intends to spend a year Yi is very excited to be a participant at avoided. in Paris studying at the Institute of the Australia-China Youth Dialogue and Political Science, before returning to have the chance to share her views Rui has also undertaken extensive volunteer work to the Ministry of Culture. on the China-Australia relationship with in local communities, including his two years of speakers and delegates alike, and looks service as President of the College Students’ Asso- forward visiting Australia. ciation in his hometown Leizhou, during which he organised voluntary teaching programs for tens of primary and middle schools in rural towns, and several other city-wide activities to help local students understand more of the outside world, such as English Speaking Competitions and Experi- ence Sharing events.

His one-year service as deputy minister of the Or- ganization Department, Guangdong Provincial Students’ Union, during which he worked closely with senior provincial government officials and political peers, contributed greatly to his passion for international relations and understanding of politics.

To further promote his expertise and his practical research program, Jason plans to undertake short-term study in Australia in 2012 and help co-ordinate and organize more Australian-related activities to help people in Southern China know more about Australia.

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE Peng Jingchao Ben Xu Wang Zekai

eng Jingchao is a graduate of the en Xu is www.qq.com’s Microblog ekai Wang is currently the Co- University of International Relations Opening Platform Manager with Chair and Executive Director of the Pin Beijing, where he was awarded BTencent. Ben Xu has worked in Ten- ZGlobal Sustainable Leaders Forum a BA in English in June 2008. He is cur- cent for more than 4 years, where he (GSLF), which is supported by the United rently a Research Assistant at the China founded the opening platform team for Nations Youth Program, UN Secretary- and Global Security Programme of the Tencent’s microblogging service. General Climate Change Support Team Stockholm International Peace Research and nearly 100 global youth organisa- Institute (SIPRI), an international think tank Ben Xu graduated from Beijing Polytech- tions. that is dedicated to research on arms nic University in 2000 where he worked control, arms transfers and world conflict as the online reporter for “Popular Sci- As a major event in Asia Pacific to cel- and security issues. ence News”. He has been an online ebrate United Nations International Year reporter for ten years. He joined China’s of Youth, the forum gathered more than Prior to his position in SIPRI, Peng largest IT professional website eNet 200 speakers (the honourable speakers Jingchao worked as a Junior Researcher (www.eNet.com.cn) in 2002, and be- including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- at Kroll Beijing, an American business- came the senior editor of Sina (www. Moon (online), and the Boao Asia Forum consulting firm. sina.com.cn), one of China’s largest Secretary-General Long Yongtu. GSLF websites in 2004, working as the host runs four main programs: an Annual fo- Peng Jingchao’s research focuses on of Sina’s program “President Online”. rum, China social innovation fellowship, China’s foreign policy and security is- He also founded “Silver Age”, a busi- youth organizations development project sues. His current work concentrates pri- ness talk show at the same period. and 2012+ Youth Sustainable Initiative. marily on China’s strategic interests in the Arctic, China-Russia energy relations, as In the past, Zekai has been the National well as China’s energy and security inter- Director in AIESEC Mainland of China ests in Central Asia. 2008-2009. He worked full-time for one year to lead a 300 person volunteer His research has been presented at the sales team based in over ten Chinese ‘Taiwan Second Track Dialogue’ con- cities, managing partnerships with more ference of Stiftung Wissenschaft Politik than 200 organizations in China and (“From economic cooperation to the travelling to more than 20 countries for building of cross-Strait mutual political conferences and partnership meetings. trust: a view from Beijing”) and he has contributed to SIPRI Insights Paper “Chi- After his position with AIESEC, Zekai na prepares for an ice-free Arctic”and Wang co-founded an initiative called SIPRI Policy Report “New Foreign Policy “Global Climate Change Youth Con- Actors in China”. In 2011, Peng was gress 2009 -Model United Nations recognised as a Global Emerging Voic- COP15 in Beijing” and was a Chi- es Fellow. nese youth delegate to United Nations COP15 conference. Peng Jingchao is the co-author of the forthcoming SIPRI Policy Report “China’s energy and security relations with Rus- sia”.

AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 中澳青年对话 Wei Shuge Yang Yawei

huge is a PhD student at the Australian National ang Yawei is undertaking a Bachelor of Laws and University. She holds a B.A. degree in English and Arts (Diplomacy) at China Foreign Affairs Univer- Sjournalism with a Best Thesis Award from Beijing Ysity and has just completed a semester’s study at Foreign Studies University and a M.A. from Heidelberg Barnard College, Columbia University. During her un- University, Germany, where she received the Fellow- dergraduate studies, she has received the Zhang Wen- ship scholarship provided by the Heidelberg Centre for jin Scholarship and First Prize Scholarship. She has also American Studies. received the Excellent All China Youth Federation Mem- ber prize for two consecutive years (2009 and 2010). Passionate about Sino-foreign communications, Shuge is undertaking research on the Guomindang Govern- Besides her academic achievements, Yawei has dem- ment’s foreign propaganda in English-language press onstrated her capability in internatonal communication. from 1928 to 1941. Her study is fully funded by the As the Executive President of the China University Me- ANU and the IDP Foundation. The project sheds light dia Union, she has actively organised and participated on China’s dilemma in the power struggle between the in several international communication programs. West and Japan in the inter-war period, the intricate media environment in the cosmopolitan Shanghai, and In 2011, Yawei, as one of 10 Team Leaders in China- the formation of a centralized foreign propaganda sys- US Youth Research, Mentorship and Exchange Partner- tem. By reviewing the past, Shuge seeks to deepen the ship promoted mutual understanding when cooperating understanding of China’s pursuit of soft power today. with Ivy League students in several on-site research programs in Inner Mongolia. Yawei has also represented Shuge has authored research articles on China and China at several international programs, such as the Japan’s rivalry in the English-language press and pre- United Nations Development Program’s Greater Me- sented papers at Asia-Pacific Week (2009) and the kong Sub-regional Youth Program. conference of Chinese Studies Association of Australia (2010). She delivers lectures on interpreting, Chinese In pursuing her passion for promoting understanding culture and language, tutors modern Japanese society through communication, Yawei has had the opportunity and works as research assistant on these issues at the to meet key international figures, including Tony Blair, ANU. She was a visiting scholar to the Shanghai Acad- former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Da- emy of Social Sciences (2009) and Academia Sinica vid Mulroney, Canada’s Ambassador to China. She (2009). She also organized the History Graduate Semi- has also spent time with youth delegates including Ivy nar of School of Culture, History and Language at the League delegates and Saudi Arabian youth delegates. ANU from September 2010 to August 2011. She has interviewed business pacesetters such as CEO of RIM in a series of activities for The Dialogue with the Prior to undertaking PhD studies, Shuge was regional World. She has also published in The China Youth Daily specialist for Athena Wissenscharftsmarketing, Ger- and The Beijing News. many. Undertaking an internship within the International Department of the Xinhua news agency also provided As the Vice President of CFAU Student Union, Yawei is her with inside knowledge about journalism practices leading a research group focusing on mass communica- in China. tion via new media under the instruction of the All China Youth Federation. She is also responsible for organizing the National Foreign Knowledge and Etiquette Com- petition. Yawei is also co-founder of CFAU SIFE Team (Students in Free Enterprise), a global non-profit organization educating people on concepts like market economics, entrepreneurship, and business ethics through educational outreach projects.

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE Carol H Zhao Zuo Tong

arol H Zhao is a graduate of Melbourne Uni- uo Tong is a senior student from Beijing, versity with a B.A. in Political Science and where she attends the High School affiliated CHistory. In 2009 she completed a M.A.( In- Zto Renmin University of China (RDFZ). ternational Politics. In 2006 she undertook a one-year exchange at the Boston University’s Political Science Tong currently serves as the President of the RDFZ Department. Student Union and leads several student organisations. During the summer of 2010, she was the Carol was awarded the Hamish Malcolm Memorial school representative at the Student Global Lead- Prize in Political Science during her M.A. study at the ership Institute, Punahou School, USA. University of Melbourne. During her time in Melbourne, Carol lived with the Yorta-Yorta indigenous Australian Owing to her strong sense of social responsibility, community conducting research on improving liveli- Tong has served as the Chairman of the Little An- hoods within indigenous communities. Carol also par- gels Action Fund of the China Youth Development ticipated in several conferences and workshops during Foundation since 2010. She has previously or- her time in Australia, such as ‘The European Union and ganised a fund raising fun-run at China’s National Globalization’. Stadium and designed music-teaching materials for students in Western China, which have ben- In 2010, Carol joined Phoenix Satellite Television serv- efited 55 schools. In 2011, she initiated a year- ing as a Public Liaison Officer/Associate Producer/ long charity concert tour and piano teacher les- Journalist with the “Talking with World Leaders,” pro- sons for the elderly and people with a disability. gram, which reveals compelling insights into the minds of key world figures, celebrities, prominent political Tong is the author of “Climate Change and Its leaders and scholars whose decisions influence poli- Impacts on the Poverty-Stricken Areas in China” tics and public policy worldwide. and has presented her work at the 2010 East- Asia Symposium on the Environment, Korea. She In her capacity as Public Liaison Officer, Carol has is also the co-author of a UNESCO educational been intimately involved in preparing, conducting and research project, “The Summer Palace – Current translating interviews with over 50 world leaders, in- Situation and Solutions to Problems in the Preser- cluding: US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, vation of Cultural Heritage” and has been invited Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra, Presi- to speak at the 5th Beijing International Forum on dent of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Prime Minister Education for Sustainable Development, as the of Australia Julia Gillard, Minister for Foreign Affairs founder of “One Bottle Less”, a campaign to re- of Australia, Kevin Rudd, Iranian Minister for Foreign duce bottled water consumption. Affairs Ali Akbar Salehi, Israel Vice-President and De- fense Minister, Ehud Barak, Vice Prime Minister of As an active public speaker, Tong has won numer- New Zealand, Bill English, former Pakistan Prime Min- ous awards including Peking University’s National ister, Shaukat Aziz, President of Chile Miguel Pinera, Model United Nations Conference and Primary and former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. School English Speech Competitions.

Carol has published extracts of her personal diary Aside from her academic and philanthropic “Days of studying at Melbourne University” in The Chi- pursuits, Tong is also an aspiring young pianist. nese Business Magazine and has also been published Starting her career in 2005, she has played five in The Beijing Times. After interviewing Libyan leader concertos with prestigious Chinese orchestras in- Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Carol wrote and- pub cluding the China Philharmonic Orchestra, with lished The Most Exciting Days in Libya. two recitals in Beijing and Shanghai, and participated in three international summer music acad- Carol currently lives in Beijing with her family. emies in China, France, and Austria.

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The 2011 ACYD stimulated a great deal with Chinese have in building easy going of media interest from Australia’s leading relationships based on genuine friendship, 2011 ACYD news publications including The Sydney understanding and mutual trust. It goes on Morning Herald, The Age and The Austra- to discusses the extraordinary success the Media lian. The Chinese press were equally ac- Australian-American Leadership Dialogue tive in covering the event with very positive has had in building close connections and and comprehensive coverage by both the mutual understanding at the top corporate Highlights China Youth Daily and Phoenix Television. levels, and highlights the difficulty others, particularly governments, have since had in replicating a dialogue built on such “trust 10 October 2011, Phoenix Television: and vitality”. Callick then goes on to intro- Intrigued as to what the Australia-China duce the Australia-China Youth Dialogue, Youth Dialogue might entail, well known who like the Australian-American Leader- Phoenix Television anchor George Yang ship Dialogue, are doing something right. attended the 2011 ACYD to further under- He explains, “the participants comprise stand the vision of it’s organisers and inter- a dozen people in their 20s from each view the delegates about why they believe country… who work in sectors dominated such an initiative is important to the healthy by business of course, but also including development of the China-Australia rela- education, NGOs and development, tionship. The internet broadcast reached law, sport, creative industries and media. a wide audience of Mandarin speakers in They will be different every year -- but the 150 countries including Mainland China, process itself, and the network being de- Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, Asia, Eu- veloped around the dialogue, will keep rope, America, Latin America and Africa, everyone in close touch as they work their giving the 2011 Australia-China Youth way into top jobs in both countries. That’s Dialogue valuable worldwide exposure. the great aim.” Callick further elaborates that “the sessions involved not just ques- http://v.ifeng.com/news/ tions and answers but also genuine, open world/201110/86f4bc5f-8c8a-4aa3- discussion. The aim is “to foster learning, bbb7-58555263ac62.shtml mutual understanding, respect and future friendships -- in a frank and forthright fash- ion -- for the benefit of the long-term Austra- 10 October 2011, The House of Represen- lia-China relationship”. “Extraordinarily”, tatives Question Time: During the ACYD he remarks, “this bold aim is already start- delegation’s visit to Parliament House on ing to be met.” 10 October 10, the Speaker of the House announced “ I inform the House that we http://www.theaustralian.com.au/ have present in the gallery this afternoon news/opinion/young-minds-bring- a delegation of Australian and Chinese new-life-to-relations-with-china/story- youth who are visiting as part of the Aus- e6frg9fo-1226171130101 tralia-China Youth Dialogue, which I am reliably informed is an ANU sponsored initiative in partnership with the Lowy In- 22 October 2011, Sydney Morning Her- stitute. On behalf of the House I extend ald: The article titled “With Change on a very warm welcome to the delegates.” their Minds”, by Fairfax Media’s Phillip Wen, describes the Australia-China Youth (Pg. 53 of http://www.aph.gov.au/han- Dialogue as “a week-long cultural and in- sard/reps/dailys/dr121011.pdf) tellectual exchange between a dozen of China’s best and brightest and their Aus- tralian counterparts” which “canvassed 20 October 2011, The Australian: The ar- Australia’s business, trade and strategic re- ticle titled “Young Minds Bring New Life to lations with China… in addition to the his- Relations with China”, by Rowan Callick, tory and culture of the Chinese-Australian outlines the struggle Australians in business

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE community in Australia and prominent Chinese artists in the common goal of fostering increased China literacy Australia.” After personally interviewing almost every del- and the ability to compete in an increasingly globalised egate, Wen described the attendees as “their country’s world. The article also discusses ACYA’s recent collabo- next generation of leaders, whether their chosen field is ration with the Lowy Institute for International Policy that in international relations, business or climate change.” produced a survey of one thousand 18 to 35 year old The article quotes Professor Hugh White, head of the people, half Australian and half Chinese, to gauge per- Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian ceptions of each other’s countries, cultures and business. National University, and guest speaker at the ACYD as The results will be compiled into a submission for the Gil- saying “China is not only rising as an economic story, lard white paper on Australia in the Asian Century. but also a political and strategic story … And it has huge http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/ implications for Australia’s place in the world.’’ As such, rise-of-the-dragon/mandarin-the-lingua-franca-of-youth- the article highlights the importance of “debating and dialogue/story-fnama19w-1226171593814 exchanging ideas” and developing increased mutual friendship and understanding though initiatives such as the ACYD. http://www.smh.com.au/national/with-change-on- their-minds-20111021-1mc53.html#ixzz1gPdLgk8h

22 October 2011, Sydney Morning Herald: The article titled “Small Steps on Big Issues”, by Fairfax Media’s Phillip Wen, introduces readers to a truly exceptional member of the Australia-China Youth Dialogue’s delegation from China, Miss. Zuo Tong. The youngest of all the delegates, Miss. Zou explains how she believes her generation of young Chinese, having benefited from the country’s increasing wealth, will shape the nation. She also believes her generation has the opportunity to step up and make a difference – beginning with building increased dialogue and mutual understanding between China and the rest of the world through initiatives such as the Australia-China Youth Dialogue. Miss. Zou also discusses her passion for addressing the issue of climate change and her recent trip to South Korea where she presented a paper at the East-Asia Symposium on the impact of climate change in poverty-stricken areas in China. http://www.smh.com.au/world/small-steps-on-big-issues-20111021-1mc4y.html#ixzz1gPjul2jk

26 October 2011, The Australian: The article titled “Mandarin the Lingua Franca of Youth Dialogue”, by the Australia’s Jill Rowbotham, introduces readers to the Australia-China Youth Dialogue’s parent organisation, the Australia-China Youth Association, and its current leadership. The article outlines the Association’s rapid development over a four year history and discusses the Asso- ciation’s focus on creating exchange programs for high school students which is designed to start them earlier on the bicultural path, in addition to the recent establishment of the Association’s young professionals network, which is designed to offer support and contacts in the post-university, early career stage. Both initiatives share

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enry Makeham is a recipient of the uliette Mathieu recently graduated with a Prime Minister’s Australia Asia Endea- Bachelor of Asian Studies (First Class Hon- Hvour Award and was recently recog- Jours) from the Australian National Universi- nised as a Global Emerging Voices Fellow. ty (ANU), Canberra. Juliette also holds a Bach- He holds double First Class Honours degrees elor of Arts/ Art History from the University of in Law and Asian Studies from The Australian New South Wales. National University (ANU), Canberra. Hen- ry has also studied at Peking University, the In 2007, Juliette lived in Kunming, Yunnan, Berkeley-Tsinghua Inter-University Program and China, returning in 2009 with a Chinese the East China University of Politics and Law. Scholarship Council scholarship to spend a gap year. She will begin a Masters of Anthro- Henry is the Founder of the Australia-China pology at Yunnan Normal University in Sep- Youth Dialogue, a Co-Founder and Advisory tember 2011, examining death ritual amongst Board Member of the Australia-China Youth different ethnic groups. Association and has served on the Editorial Boards of East Asia Forum and the Federal Juliette speaks fluent French and studied at the Law Review. He has been the National Stu- Institute of Political Science, Paris in 2008. In dent Group Leader of the inaugural Australian 2010 she received an Australia-Korea Foun- young leaders delegation invited to China dation grant to attend the Global Collabora- by Premier Wen Jiabao and worked with the tive program at Kyung Hee University, Seoul. Hon. Kevin Rudd MP (then Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and International In addition to Chinese, Juliette is currently pur- Security, now Minister for Foreign Affairs and suing Japanese and Korean language study in former Prime Minister of Australia). Yunnan. Amongst confusing herself by trying to learn three northeast Asian languages simulta- Henry’s publications have appeared in China neously, she enjoys horse riding and travelling Daily, Hong Kong Law Journal, East Asia Fo- the back country of Yunnan. rum, Canberra Times and Australia-China Busi- ness INSIGHT. Henry has also engaged in a number of public speaking and media events concerning Australia-China relations and Asia- literacy. These include panelist for the Asia Education Foundation’s Leading 21st Century Schools Forum with Geraldine Doogue, ABC Radio National’s Australia Talks, Radio Austra- lia’s Connect Asia and SBS World News.

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE Georgina Stevan Tao Michael Ting O’Loughlin 陶钧陈际利欧阳静娴 Sponsorship Coordinator, Treasurer, ACYD China, ACYD Media and Marketing [email protected] Director, ACYD [email protected] [email protected]

eorgina is a recent graduate tevan is a graduate of the ichael Ting is a recent graduate of Monash University with Australian National University with of the University of Melbourne Ga Bachelor of Commerce in Sdouble degrees in Psychology Mwhere he studied a Bachelor Finance and a Diploma of Languages in and Commerce (Finance). Throughout of Laws/Commerce concurrently with Mandarin. university, he has been an active member a Diploma of Modern Languages of the Australia-China Youth Association, (Chinese). Over the past six years, she has been where he previously served as ACYA’s fortunate enough to travel to China ex- National Sponsorship Director. He has travelled extensively and studied tensively, undertaking language and in Switzerland, Hong Kong and Beijing. finance studies at the Shanghai - Inter Stevan is currently working for the China- In 2008, Michael took the opportunity national Studies University, the Beijing Australia Chamber of Commerce in to study Mandarin at Peking University. Language and Cultures University and Beijing as the Northern China Manager His most memorable experience Peking University’s Guanghua School of (Membership). was appearing on a talk show aired Management. nationally on CCTV 1. Stevan is passionate about sports and in Georgina is one of the founding organis- particular, basketball. He is a diehard Michael has also worked in China and ers of the Australia-China Youth Dialogue fan of the Houston Rockets (NBA) and Hong Kong, most recently completing (ACYD), now in its second year after its the Ningbo Bayi Rockets (CBA). clerkships at two international law firms. inauguration in 2010 at the Australia Pa- In 2012, Michael will be starting with vilion during the Shanghai World Expo. Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Hong Kong. She is also the founding President of Michael has a keen interest in Chinese the Australia-China Youth Association’s law, and in particular, China’s activities Monash University chapter. in the World Trade Organization. His articles have been published in Australia During her time in China, Georgina has and in Hong Kong, including in the accumulated broad experience in a di- Hong Kong Law Journal. verse range of sectors. At present, she is working as a Project Officer at the Australian Trade Commission managing the restructuring and development of the Austrade industry briefs that seek to outline key Australian commercial interests in priority provinces and industries in China.

In the long-term, Georgina is particularly interested in trade and investment finance that focuses on facilitating major development projects in areas of mutual interest to Australia and China such as infrastructure, energy, mining and agri- culture.

AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 中澳青年对话 Patrick Mayoh Edward Kus Alex Storrie 梅迪孔德华宋光稀

Project Manager, Project Manager, National Logistics Beijing, ACYD / National Canberra, ACYD, Manager, ACYD President (China), National President [email protected] Australia-China Youth (Australia), ACYA Association (ACYA) [email protected] [email protected]

atrick Mayoh begin is a penultimate dward Kus begin is a fifth year lex recently graduated with a year Bachelor of Laws/Asian Bachelor of Asia Pacific Studies Bachelor and Graduate Diploma PStudies student at the Australian E(Chinese)/Bachelor of Laws student Aof Asia & Pacific Studies (Chinese) National University (ANU), Canberra. at the Australian National University from the Australian National University He has worked and studied in Beijing on (ANU), Canberra. (ANU). He was awarded scholarships to eight separate occasions and is currently study in Beijing for 12 months in 2010, undertaking a Graduate Diploma at Before studying at the ANU Edward Japan for 12 months in 2004, and is well Peking University as a Prime Minister’s spent his gap year (2006) at Liaoning travelled throughout Asia having also Australia Asia Endeavour Award Scholar. University on the Australia-China spent time in India, Vietnam, Cambodia, He has worked at TransAsia Lawyers in Council’s ‘Year in China’ Scholarship. Laos, Singapore, Hong Kong and Beijing, was an Event Host for Network Macao. Before leaving for China in Seven at the Beijing Olympic Games, Edward then moved to the ANU in 2007, 2010, Alex successfully completed the and recently completed a clerkship at becoming a Senior Residential Scholar Australian National Internship Program Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Hong Kong. at Bruce Hall in 2008 and 2009, and as a researcher at a Canberra based Patrick came third in the International Sub Dean in 2011. Along the way think-tank. Chinese Bridge Competition in Hunan Edward volunteered as an ESL teacher at in 2008 and was a Delegate at the the ANU International Office (2008-09), He was recently awarded an ANU- inaugural Australia-China Youth Dialogue worked as a project manager, research Peking University Exchange Scholarship in 2010. assistant and editorial assistant for the to conduct research on Chinese Foreign East Asia Forum based at the ANU’s Direct Investment into Australia. Alex Patrick has been the President of the ACYA Crawford School of Economics and is a founding team member of the ANU Chapter, President of the ANU Law Government (2009-10), contributed as Australia-China Youth Dialogue (ACYD) Students’ Society, the ANU representative Chief Editor of Cross-Sections, the Bruce and served as ACYD Beijing Project to the Australian Law Students’ Associa- Hall academic Journal (2009), and Manager in 2010. He was also the tion Council meetings and the ANU Stu- successfully completed the inaugural founding President of the Australia-China dents’ Association Asian Studies and Law Vice Chancellor’s Student Leadership Youth Association Beijing Chapter. Representative. He has also been award- Program at ANU (2009). ed the prestigious Charles Hawker Schol- Alex has recently commenced a Graduate arship, an Australia-China Council Schol- In 2010 Edward was based at Tsinghua Diploma/Masters in International and arship, an ANU International Alliance of University in Beijing on a Cheung Kong Development Economics at the Australian Research Universities Grant for study at Foundation scholarship studying Chinese National University where he also works the National University of Singapore, the Literature. He was also lucky enough to as a project manager for the East Asia ANU AL Basham Prize, the ANU Chinese be published on the East Asia Forum, Bureau of Economic Research, and Language Scholarship, and a Han Ban and interviewed on CCTV 9. assistant editor for the East Asia Forum Language Scholarship. Edward has also travelled extensively Patrick is actively involved in the com- throughout China and has a dangerous munity and has undertaken extensive penchant for long-distance running. volunteer work. He has been involved in house-building projects in Cambodia, planned cultural exchange programs with Australian indigenous communities, been a member of the ACT Law Soci- ety’s Equalising Opportunities in the Law Committee and spent six months teaching English in Ghana. Patrick has a strong interest in contemporary Chinese society, language, international relations and international law.

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE Andrew Li Liu Chen Zhou Kang 黎海涛刘辰周康

Logistics Manager, Translation and China Translation and China Sydney, ACYD Marketing Manager, ACYD Marketing Assistant [email protected] Manager, ACYD [email protected] [email protected]

ndrew Li is a second year Bach- iu Chen is a consultant specialising hou Kang is a graduate of Hunan elor of Laws/Commerce student in public relations and public affairs Normal University with a degree Aat the University of New South Lin Beijing. She became an executive Zin Human Resource Management. Wales, and the current Chapter Presi- of Australia-China Youth Association Based in Beijing, Zhou Kang is currently dent for ACYA at UNSW. As an Aus- (ACYA) since 2011. Besides working for employed at China Policy working on tralian-born Chinese, Andrew grew up the consultancy and ACYA, Liu Chen is an EU funded project that studies the use speaking fluent Cantonese and having also freelancing as an editor, copy writer, of voluntary labels in an effort to help an interest in Australia-China issues. English teacher, translator and interpreter European SMEs to better understand for assorted industries. and access the Chinese market. Besides following Chinese news and history documentaries, Andrew tries spend- Liu Chen graduated from Xi’an Prior to joining China Policy, Zhou Kang ing the rest of his time giving back to the International Studies University with undertook a research internship at North community. In high school, Andrew was a double major in Diplomacy and Head Consulting, a Beijing based a sergeant and quartermaster in his Army International Relations and Translation strategic communications and public Cadet Unit and helped with community and Interpretation. In 2010, she studied affairs consultancy, working primarily projects such as the ‘Extend the Carling- at Harvard University as a visiting student on the researching and analysing the ford Rail Line’ campaign. Currently, he is sponsored by the Harvard Association of impact that China’s 12th Five Year Plan Fundraising Director of a UNSW student US-China Relations. would have on foreign businesses in charity, Project Hope. He was also the China. President of the UNSW Red Cross Soci- Liu Chen is experienced in event ety and also regularly volunteered at the organisation and international Before moving to Beijing, Zhou Australia for UNHCR office. communication. She established the Kang worked as a program officer Model United Nations Association at for Hunan’s local government. His Andrew is also very active within the her university and has participated in 12 major responsibilities included policy UNSW Law Society. As a first year in Model United Nations Conferences in advocacy and program support of rural 2010, he worked on the Social Justice various roles, including Secretary-General development and farmland protection, Committee, and joined the LawSoc in Mainland China. She helped organise and outreach and coordination among Choir, continuing his high school passion the Harvard Summit of Young Leaders various stakeholders. for Choir and Musicals. He is presently a of China 2008, and participated in student representative on the Law Faculty various events such as the XISU Debate, In his spare time, Zhou Kang has actively Board and a part of the Socials Commit- APEC Voice of Future 2009, Harvard involved in volunteer and youth events. In tee for the Australian Law Students Asso- China Review 2010 and Global China addition to working as a member of the ciation (ALSA) 2011 Conference. Connection Annual Conference 2011. ACYA translation and marketing team, he is also actively involved with the Beijing There are potentially many mutual learn- Her involvement in ACYA can be traced Lifelight Blind Center volunteer program ing opportunities for international and back to the 2010 Australia-China Youth and was a delegate at the inaugural local students, particularly English and Dialogue when she was selected as one Australia-China Youth Dialogue in 2010. Chinese speakers. This is what motivat- of the 15 Chinese Delegates. Liu Chen ed Andrew to start the UNSW Chapter has been heavily involved in volunteer Zhou Kang is due to commence a joint and he believes ACYA will help grow activities throughout her life. Liu Chen MBA program between Peking University that exchange and improve Australia- volunteered at the Beijing Paralympics and Vlerick Leuven Gent Management China awareness in an age of China’s 2008 and has contributed her time to School this August. increasing importance. teach Piano and English in Beijing Lifelight Blind Center with through ACYA’s Beijing volunteers program.

Liu Chen will commence her Masters of International Business and Commerce in University of Sydney in 2012.

AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 中澳青年对话 Gareth Durrant Christian Jack Hayley Ward

Perceptions Perceptions Social Media Manager, Poll Researcher, ACYD Poll Director, ACYD ACYD

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raduating from National Taiwan hristian works as a consultant ayley Ward currently works with University with a Bachelor of with Geoff Raby and Associates the Asia Education Foundation GBusiness Administration in 2010, Cin Beijing. Prior to this, Christian Hand Asialink at the University Gareth has spent the last six years in studied Chinese and economics at of Melbourne. She was the National the Greater China region. Gareth is a Peking University as an Australia-China Communications Director for the Australia- passionate cross-cultural practitioner who Prime Minister’s Endeavour Award China Youth Association in 2010, and possesses the ability to skilfully facilitate a Scholar. was on the founding organising team range of cross-cultural interactions. for the inaugural Australia-China Youth Christian has experience in both the Dialogue (ACYD), held in Beijing and This ability was nurtured in Taiwan, where public and private sectors, having Shanghai in the same year. he served as a communications and lan- worked for numbers organisations guage services consultant at the Industrial such the United Nations in Syria, the Hayley has been travelling to China for Technology Research Institute. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade seven years since graduating from the in China, and Thynne and McCartney Queensland University of Technology with Gareth is currently applying his skills as Solicitors in Australia. a Bachelor of Mass Communications. the Chinese liaison manager at the TME In 2009, Hayley spent a year in Group, a mining services company Aside from his work commitments, Kunming, Yunnan, working with the where he is responsible for developing Christian is directing the first public Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous and implementing marketing campaigns perceptions poll on China’s re-emergence Knowledge and Yunnan Academy of targeted at the Chinese business commu- for the Australia-China Youth Association, Social Sciences as an Australian Youth nity and offering language and training co-directs the Australia-China Young Ambassador for Development. In 2011, services to skilled foreign workers. Professionals Initiative in Beijing and was she was selected as an Australian youth a former ACYD delegate in 2010. He representative to attend the Republic of often writes on international relations and China (Taiwan) Centennial National China’s foreign policy, and has been Celebrations, participating in a variety published in, amongst others, The East of international diplomatic events with Asian Forum and China Connections. representatives from 125 countries over two weeks, including a International Christian holds a bachelor of arts Peace Day celebration on Kinmen Island (international relations) from the with Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou. University of Queensland and in 2011 will be undertaking honours at the In the long-term, Hayley aims to develop Australian National University focusing her diverse interests in international on the impact of China’s re-emergence relations, media and communications, on international order. creative industries and people-to-people exchange towards a career in cultural diplomacy, in pursuit of furthering meaningful and dynamic Sino-Australian engagement.

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 11 Major Sponsors

The Australian National New Oriental ACYD University (ANU)

ANU was established by the Chifley govern- As the largest provider of private educational 2011 Major ment in 1946 to build the nation’s intellectual services in China, New Oriental offers edu- infrastructure. ANU is still driven by its found- cation for a lifetime, teaching skills that give ing mission to advance the cause of learning students a crucial competitive advantage in the Sponsors & and research in Australia and take its place workplace and help improve their quality of Associate amongst the great universities of the world. life. The ANU is consistently Australia’s top ranked Since its founding in 1993, New Oriental has university in national and global rankings. In had around 11 million student enrollments, in- Partners 2010, the Times Higher Education supple- cluding approximately 2.1 million enrollments ment ranked the ANU as the 20th best univer- in fiscal year 2011. Today, they have a net- sity in the world, and top in Australia. work of 54 schools, 487 learning centers, 29 New Oriental bookstores and over 5,000 For more information, see: third-party bookstores and over 11,700 teach- www.anu.edu.au ers in 47 cities, as well as an online network with over 6.7 million registered users.

Their wide range of educational programs, services and products includes English and other foreign language training, overseas and domestic test preparation courses, all-subjects after school tutoring, primary and secondary school education, educational content and software as well as online education.

New Oriental has become the most recognized brand in Chinese private education. Based on founder Michael Yu’s groundbreak- ing vision, their innovative and inspirational instruction combines humorous, interactive teaching techniques with traditional Chinese educational values.

For more information, see: english.neworiental.org

AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 中澳青年对话 White Rabbit Contemporary The Australia China Council The Australia China Chinese Art Gallery Business Council

The White Rabbit Collection is one of A subsidiary of the Department of Foreign The Australia China Business Council the world’s largest and most significant Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the Australia- (ACBC) is a membership-based, non- collections of contemporary Chinese art. China Council (ACC) was established profit, non-governmental organisation Founded by Kerr and Judith Neilson, it by the Australian Government in 1978 comprising of a National Office, focuses on works produced after 2000. to promote mutual understanding six Branches, and more than 1500 and foster people-to-people relations representatives from over 700 Australian The origins of the Collection go back to between Australia and China. Australia- companies who do business with China. the late 1990s, when Judith Neilson en- China Council (ACC) grants are Founded in 1973, ACBC actively gaged Wang Zhiyuan, a Chinese artist intended to provide seed funds for promotes two-way trade and investment, then living in Sydney, as her art tutor. He innovative proposals relevant to the and economic cooperation and introduced her to the astonishing explo- mission and goals of the Council. This understanding, between the business sion of creativity taking place in China includes proposals which demonstrate communities of Australia and China. in the wake of the “Opening Up” that the potential for the development of had begun in 1989. Mrs Neilson be- long-term links between individuals and ACBC plays an influential role as an gan buying works, but soon ran out of institutions in Australia and counterparts advisor to the Australian Government on space to hang them. She and her hus- throughout Greater China. commercial relations with China. They band then decided to open a gallery are a strong supporter of a comprehensive that would make the exciting world of For more information, see: Free Trade Agreement between Australia contemporary Chinese art available to www.dfat.gov.au/acc and China to foster more competitive all Australians. business in both nations.

The White Rabbit Gallery, a converted With a National Office plus six Branch former knitting factory near Sydney’s Offices in New South Wales, Northern Central Station, has four floors of exhi- Territory, Queensland, South Australia, bition space as well as a theatrette, a Western Australia and Victoria, ACBC library and a teahouse. Only a fraction provides regular business-focused of the Collection is on show at any time. activities for their members. They also The entire contents of the gallery are re- sponsor a series of national events each hung twice a year. year which include a day of networking in Canberra to meet with Australian For more information, see: Government Ministers and senior www.whiterabbitcollection.org officials, and the annual China Oration given by an outstanding Australian or international China expert.

The Australia China Business Council has close links with expatriate groups in China, as well as with Chinese groups and officials, and leads trade missions to China from time to time.

For more information, see: www.acbc.com.au

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 2011 ACYD Associate Partners

QANTAS Mallesons Stephen Jaques The Lowy Institute for International Policy

Qantas was founded in the Queensland Mallesons Stephen Jaques is a leading The Lowy Institute is an independent outback in 1920. Registered originally law firm in the Asian region. international policy think tank. Its as the Queensland and Northern Territory objective is to generate new ideas and Aerial Services Limited (QANTAS), Qan- For over 180 years, the world’s leading dialogue on international developments tas has built a reputation for excellence in organisations have entrusted Mallesons and Australia’s role in the world. Its safety, operational reliability, engineering Stephen Jaques to advise on their most mandate is broad. It ranges across all and maintenance, and customer service. critical legal challenges. The firm provides the dimensions of international policy Today, Qantas is widely regarded as the legal solutions that are innovative and debate in Australia - economic, political world’s leading long distance airline and often ground breaking. This approach and strategic – and it is not limited to a one of the strongest brands in Australia. enables the firm to help clients adapt to particular geographic region. Qantas also operate subsidiary business- the increasingly challenging markets in es including other airlines, and businesses which they operate - no matter where The Institute has two core tasks: in specialist markets such as Qantas Holi- they are in the world - and ensures that To produce distinctive research and fresh days and Q Catering. they have a voice to help them shape policy options for Australia’s international the legal and regulatory landscape. To policy. For more information, see: provide clients with legal advice that www.qantas.com.au makes a difference, the firm invests The Institute seeks to throw fresh light in attracting, recruiting, retaining and on issues of relevance to Australia nurturing the very best talent in all the through rigorous research, and then markets in which it work. The firm has to generate workable policy ideas. offices in Australia’s major commercial The Institute also seeks to contribute to centres, as well as Asia and the UK. the wider international debate. We believe Australia can make a significant Mallesons Stephen Jaques have been contribution to the global dialogue. the lead advisor on some of Asia’s most significant matters and enjoy a To promote wide discussion of Australia’s strong track record in major cross-border role in the world. transactions and financings. With pre- eminent sector strength in financial This is the Institute’s other vital task: to services and energy & resources, the provide an accessible and high quality firm has worked closely with a number of forum for discussion of Australian foreign Chinese and other Asian companies on policy and international relations, their outbound investment into Australia. through debates, seminars, lectures, dialogues and conferences. For more information, see: www.mallesons.com.au The Institute was established in April 2003 as the result of a gift by Mr Frank Lowy AC, one of Australia’s leading businessmen, to mark the 50th anniversary of his arrival in Australia. The Institute is non-partisan and is home to a range of policy ideas. Its staff and Fellows speak with individual voices. The Institute draws on the insights and experience of policy practitioners, academic experts and business people. It also seeks to bring new voices and external viewpoints into the Australian debate, for example through an active program of internships for young people and the involvement of members of the Australian diaspora.

For more information, see: www. lowyinstitute.org

AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 中澳青年对话 China University Media All-China Youth Federation China Youth Daily Union (CUMU) (ACYF)

The China University Media Union is a Established in 1949, the All-China Youth The China Youth Daily is a very influential communication and cooperation plat- Federation (ACYF) is a federative body comprehensive daily newspaper in form for media bodies in various Chi- of Chinese youth organizations and China. First published on the 27th April nese universities. The Union was jointly excellent youth nationwide. Through 1951 in the era of the founding of new formed by China’s most influential media its 52 member organizations and over China, the newspaper was forced to – China Youth Daily and 63 Chinese 77,000 individual members at all levels, cease publication for 12 years during leading universities. It is committed to the ACYF reaches over 300 million the “Cultural Revolution”. It resumed the integration and sharing of university young people across China. Besides its publication on the 7th of October 1978 information resources, enhancing com- commitment to national development and on the eve of the country’s reform and munication and exchanges between uni- world peace, the ACYF aims to represent opening to the outside world. versity medias, creating new communi- and protect the legitimate rights and cation capabilities and diversification of interests of young people and promote Being one of China’s best selling communication channels, and also serv- youth participation and development. domestic newspapers, the China Youth ing the growth and success of university It runs programs and activities in the Daily has an average daily circulation students. following fields: education and training, of nearly 1 million copies with overseas voluntary service, development of new distribution to more than 40 countries There are currently 155 committee mem- countryside, environmental protection, and regions. With correspondents ber universities in the Union, covering protection of rights and interests, stationed in all Chinese Provinces, China’s most outstanding universities. innovation and employment, youth municipalities directly under the central More than 500 campus media have culture, international exchanges and government, and autonomous regions, joined the Union. They have their own cooperation and exchange programs as well as in the United States, Japan, campus news websites, BBS, newspa- with Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Russia, France and many other countries, pers, radio stations, television stations Due to its significant contributions to the the newspaper disseminates information and magazines. The official Union web- youth and society, the ACYF was granted on the latest developments in all parts of site – the China University Media Net- the Human Resources Development China and the rest of the world. work – will be gradually developed into Award by UNESCAP in 1999, the an ‘Opinion Leaders Club in Campus’ World Youth Award by the UN in 2000 The China Youth Daily, a newspaper and the ‘Portal of Campus News.’ and the Champion of the Earth Award with the distinctive characteristics of the by the UNEP in 2004. youth, occupies a place of considerable The Union comprises a Coordinating standing in society as well as among Committee, Academic Board, Student The highest decision-making body of its readers. It holds the advancement Presidium, and the Secretariat. The Chi- the ACYF is the National Committee of China’s reform and opening to the na Youth Daily is the Union’s permanent that works for a term of five years. The outside world and social progress as Secretariat. Currently, the Students Pre- National Committee has a President and its fundamental goal. The China Youth sidium consists of 19 members, who are a number of Vice Presidents. When it is Daily provides a platform through which representatives from outstanding campus not in session, the Standing Committee youth can contribute their wisdom media nationwide. The Union has held presides over the Federation’s work. and intelligence to the great cause various activities, including ‘Dialogue The Standing Committee is led by the of advancing socialism with Chinese with the World’ series, ‘Entrepreneurial Secretary-General and has a number of characteristics. It covers pertinent and Experience, the Graduate Employment Deputy Secretaries-General. contemporary youth issues in Chinese Action,’ and ‘University Media Reporters society with unique visual angles and in CPC and CPPCC.’ For more information, see: objective, comprehensive and accurate www.acyf.org.cn materials. Acting as the trustworthy For more information, see: coach and friend of Chinese youth, it www.chinaumu.org actively advocates new thoughts and concepts that conform to the socialist market economy, as well as enterprise, healthy and enlightened life attitudes and moral behaviour.

For more information, see: www.cyol.net

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE China Policy The East Asia Forum (EAF) The Australia China Alumni Association

China Policy delivers incisive analysis The East Asia Forum (EAF) is an The Australia China Alumni Association and expert guidance on today’s China. authoritative online source of analysis (ACAA) is not-for-profit organization and commentary on economics, politics which aims to provide business China Policy’s research team undertakes and public policy in the world’s fastest- and social networking, recognition, commissioned projects across a wide growing region. Launched in 2008, it career development and professional range of sectors critical to China’s devel- provides the best in insightful analysis development opportunities to all China- opment and engagement with the world. on developments and trends across the based alumni of Australian Universities. The team charts Chinese discussion and Asia-Pacific. The ACAA was launched in Beijing in analysis of political, economic and social September 2007, and expanded to developments as they unfold. Its editorial team, led by Professor Peter Shanghai in July 2008 and Guangzhou Drysdale and Dr Shiro Armstrong at the in July 2009. China Policy’s information management East Asian Bureau of Economic Research team transforms the way organisations (EABER) in the Australian National The ACAA is proud to receive support build, contextualise and retain knowledge University (ANU), draws on international from over half of Australia’s universities, on China. The team builds bilingual re- experts to analyse and comment on as well as from government agencies search systems and re-engineers existing events shaping the region and the world. including Australian Education archives. The team can also design, re- International, Austrade and AusAID. alise, and maintain the content of in-house For more information, see: China information systems. www.eastasiaforum.org In July 2009 the ACAA launched its inaugural ACAA/CPA Australia - China Policy’s subscription information Australia China Alumni Awards. 2011 product ChinaText, providing bilingual will be the third time that the awards access to influential Chinese literature on have run with the event growing in size policy issues across a range of sectors, and prestige each year. The event will be was launched in late 2011. held in partnership with CPA Australia, Austrade, AusAID, Australian Education From China Policy’s Beijing offices, the International, IELTS, Business Events team also provides in-country research Sydney, Telstra (Sensis) and Mallesons services, event management, project de- Stephen Jaques. sign and management, and monitoring and evaluation services to international The ACAA holds monthly events organisations and overseas clients. in Beijing and Shanghai, ranging from a networking and professional For more information, see: development focus, to more social www.policycn.com occasions such as hiking trips, tours, ski trips and group dinners.

Details of upcoming events are posted on the website and also emailed to registered alumni. To register please visit: www.austchinaalumni.org. The Association website also includes job listings, news, and past event pictures.

For more information, see: www.austchinaalumni.org

AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 中澳青年对话 Creative Asia

Creative Asia is an Australian based arts consultancy passionate about enriching the cultural dialogue between Australia and China. By providing a platform for Australian and Chinese arts organisations to collaborate on new and exciting cultural events, our aim is to stimulate discussion, connection and understanding between Australia and China.

At Creative Asia, we believe in the power of culture to cross barriers, build bridges and connect people. We also believe in the value of increased cultural understanding between Australia and China.

But above all, we believe in the endless exciting creative possibilities to be show- cased between our two countries, and can’t wait to bring them to life!

Creative Asia works with government and private arts organisations in both Australia and China to bring a wide range of cultural events to the international stage, and works across all contemporary art forms including performing arts, literature, visual arts, music as well as education and media.

Recent projects include: The China Australia Literary Forum 2011, the Aus- tralian tour of the Chinese cult classic Rhinoceros in Love to the Melbourne In- ternational Arts Festival, Brisbane Festival and OzAsia, ACC Untamed Ecotourism Exchange (both part of the Year of Chi- nese Culture in Australia), 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art 2011 Gala, and the 2011 Woollahra Festival of Arts and Ideas.

Creative Asia was founded by Hannah Skrzynski in 2010.

For more information, see: www.creativeasia.com.au

中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 2011 ACYD Major Sponsors

2011 ACYD Associate Partners

AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 中澳青年对话