Sydney Ideas

Many of those who engage with the Chinese world encounter the stories that are told about China–there is the monolithic narrative of the party-state, the multiple stories of individuals, companies, communities, and then there are the array of accounts told about China, some that try to deepen understand others that evoke. Geremie R Barmé considers how some of these stories have come to be told, by whom and for whom, and what this may mean for those who pay attention. This lecture will also introduce The China Story, a publishing and Internet project being launched by the Australian Centre on China in the World. For speaker's biography see: tinyurl.com/jma6l5o