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The diaries of Nationalist diplomat Liu Zerong shed precious light on a critical period of modern Chinese history and Sino-Soviet relations during the turbulent 1940s in the hotly contested borderlands regions of Central Asia. As one of the few Chinese diplomats of the era who could move within both Chinese and Russian cultural circles with ease, Liu provides fresh new insights into complex diplomatic negotiations that heretofore have only bee...

A better way to think about foreign influence and the nation's future When he visited Australia in 2014, Chinese president Xi Jinping said there was an 'ocean of goodwill' between our country and his. Since then that ocean has shown dramatic signs of freezing over. Australia is in the grip of a China Panic. How did we get here and what's the way out? We hear, weekly, alarming stories of Chinese influence, interference or even espionage - in po...

A better way to think about foreign influence and the nation's futureWhen he visited Australia in 2014, Chinese president Xi Jinping said there was an 'ocean of goodwill' between our country and his. Since then that ocean has shown dramatic signs of freezing over. Australia is in the grip of a China Panic. How did we get here and what's the way out?We hear, weekly, alarming stories of Chinese influence, interference or even espionage - in poli...

Along the Russian-Qing frontier in the nineteenth century, a new political space emerged, shaped by competing imperial and spiritual loyalties, cross-border economic and social ties, and revolution. David Brophy explores how a community of Central Asian Muslims responded to these historic changes by reinventing themselves as the Uyghur nation.