• Posted on 19 Mar 2026
Group photo of participants in a roundtable discussion hosted by the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS:ACRI) with a visiting delegation led by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Friedrich Ebert Foundation). Australian participants included James Laurenceson, Marina Zhang, Elena Collinson, Xunpeng (Roc) Shi and Lai-Ha Chan (University of Technology Sydney); former Australian Consul-General to Hong Kong Jocelyn Chey; and Hans Hendrischke, Wei Li and Minglu Chen (The University of Sydney Business School; University of Sydney). Sydney, March 19 2026.

On March 19 2026, the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS:ACRI) welcomed a delegation led by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), comprising regional experts from German and New Zealand think tanks and academic institutions, for a roundtable discussion in Sydney comparing perspectives on policy settings relating to the People's Republic of China (PRC).


 
Australia-based participants in the roundtable included:

  • Professor James Laurenceson, Director, UTS:ACRI 
  • Elena Collinson, Manager, Research Analysis, UTS:ACRI 
  • Professor Xunpeng Shi, Research Principal, UTS:ACRI 
  • Associate Professor Marina Zhang, A/Prof - Research, UTS:ACRI 
  • Dr Lai-Ha Chan, Senior Lecturer, Social and Political Sciences Program, UTS
  • Professor Jocelyn Chey, former Australian Consul-General to Hong Kong
  • Associate Professor Minglu Chen, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney
  • Professor Hans Hendrischke, Professor of Chinese Business and Management, University of Sydney Business School
  • Dr Wei Li, Senior Lecturer in International Business, University of Sydney Business School
A roundtable discussion hosted by the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS:ACRI) with a delegation led by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Friendrich Ebert Foundation) on March 19 2026.

Share

Recent research and opinion

News

Australia-China Weekly Brief: October 2026 issues

The Australia-China Weekly Brief by the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS:ACRI) tracks key developments in...

News

Beyond Hormuz: US-China energy competition and what it means for Australia

The disruption to global energy markets caused by the conflict around the Strait of Hormuz has highlighted vulnerabilities that extend well beyond the...

News

The US and China cannot slow the AI race, but they can make It safer

The United States does not need to trust China, share frontier models with China, or slow its own AI development to have a national security interest in AI...

News

Whose security counts in the Pacific?

While climate-related spending gets criticised, billions forked out for security and strategic engagement gets framed as for the “national interest”.