Antonia Finnane on art and the military in China
06 Dec 12 Comments (0)Androgenetic alopecia at the eighteenth party congress
There are plenty of full heads of hair in the new Politburo, but few of them are women’s, reports Antonia Finnane
19 Nov 12 Comments (2)Waiting for the great eighteenth
On the eve of China’s eighteenth party congress, life in Beijing is changing in increasingly obvious ways, writes Antonia Finnane
02 Nov 12 Comments (0)A Chinese constitutionalist and the state of the nation
The latest biography of Liang Qichao reveals a man of his times with a new significance for present-day China, writes Antonia Finnane in Beijing
17 Oct 12 Comments (0)Between economy and security?
The forty years since Australia established relations with China have been about a lot more than trade and defence, writes Antonia Finnane
01 Oct 12 Comments (0)The sound of silence in Tiananmen Square
Twenty-three years after the massacre, the events of 4 June 1989 are still off limits, writes Antonia Finnane in Beijing
07 Jun 12 Comments (1)Road to democracy? Yu Jianrong’s blueprint for China
In Beijing, Antonia Finnane looks at a ten-year plan for a staged transition to constitutional democracy
22 Apr 12 Comments (2)Easter in Beijing
After Tomb-sweeping day, the Chinese capital returned to normal, writes Antonia Finnane, except for the city’s Christians
10 Apr 12 Comments (1)“Asianising” education: the China option?
If we want to engage or compete with universities in Asia, we need to be clear about the aims of our own education system, writes Antonia Finnane
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