Encountering China

New Zealanders and the People's Republic

Encountering China
Duncan Campbell, Brian Moloughney
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h200 x 148mm - 400pg
8 Dec 2022 NZ
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9781991016157
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December 2022 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of diplomatic relationsbetween China and New Zealand. In 1972, when the communique was signed, itmarked the end of New Zealand' s keeping China at arm' s length, in deference to theUnited States' unwillingness to treat with it. In 2022, the United States and Chinaare once again at odds, and China is our largest trading partner. The stand-offbetween the two presents a difficult balancing act for small nations such as NewZealand. Tolerance and care, and perhaps benevolence as well, will be needed as NewZealand as a nation, and New Zealanders as individuals, go forward in managing arelationship that has become too complex to be capable of easy solutions, and tooimportant to be left to chance. In this collection of 50 texts, which range from essays to poems, a wide range ofauthors, from diplomats and students to politicians, academics and businesspeople,reflect on their experiences of and in China over the last half century. They forma unique insight into the changing face of what is now one of the world' s greatestpowers, and our relationship with it. Authors include Hone Tuwhare, Nina Mingya Powles, John McKinnon, James Ng,Alison Wong, Murray Edmond, Meng Foon and Pauline Keating.
Duncan Campbell studied Mandarin in Malaysia after graduating in Englishand History from Victoria University of Wellington. Between 1976-78, he was astudent in the People' s Republic of China. Since then, he has taught (Chineselanguage, modern and classical; Chinese literature, modern and classical; andaspects of Chinese history and civilisation) at the University of Auckland, VictoriaUniversity of Wellington, and the Australian National University in Canberra. In2015, he was the Curator of the Chinese Garden with the Huntington Library, ArtCollections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, USA. His research focuses onthe late imperial period of China' s long history. Brian Moloughney After completing an MA in Chinese history from the Universityof Canterbury, Brian Moloughney had the good fortune to be awarded a CHEPscholarship, which enabled him to live and study for a period in Nanjing. Between1993 and 2022 he has taught Chinese history at the University of Otago.
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ISBN-13: 9781991016157
Published: 8 Dec 2022
Published In: New Zealand
Imprint: Massey University Press
Publisher: Massey University Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 200mm
Width: 148mm
Pages: 400

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