Merriden Varrall's guest appearances

Merriden Varrall

Lowy Institute

The ACRI Podcast

Lekenpraatjes VU-promovendi

Fergus Ryan

Tess Newton Cain

Paul Kelly

Yanis Varoufakis

Nicholas Lardy

Gareth David

Gareth Evans

Jake Sullivan

Bari Weiss

Robert Kelly

Margaret MacMillan

Francis Fukuyama

Chris Bowen

John Edwards

Chris Blattman

OwlTail

In recent years, China’s aid in the Pacific has come under increased scrutiny. Some suggest that China’s infrastructure projects and loans lead to unsustainable levels of debt for countries in the region, and that aid programs could lead to pro-China policy positions. The Chinese government has recently announced the formation of the International Development Cooperation Agency to coordinate its foreign aid programs, indicating that China may be prioritising the improvement of its international aid policy in light of the Belt and Road Initiative. What is China’s approach to aid? How does it differ from Australia’s? How do citizens of Pacific Island countries view China’s presence there? Should Australia be concerned?Merriden Varrall, Director of the East Asia Program at the Lowy Institute for International Policy, joins James Laurenceson, Deputy Director of the Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI) at the University of Technology Sydney, to discuss China’s aid program in the Pacific and its evolving approach towards foreign aid.

In recent years, China’s aid in the Pacific has come under increased scrutiny. Some suggest that China’s infrastructure projects and loans lead to unsustainable levels of debt for countries in the region, and that aid programs could lead to pro-China policy positions. The Chinese government has recently announced the formation of the International Development Cooperation Agency to coordinate its foreign aid programs, indicating that China may be prioritising the improvement of its international aid policy in light of the Belt and Road Initiative. What is China’s approach to aid? How does it differ from Australia’s? How do citizens of Pacific Island countries view China’s presence there? Should Australia be concerned? Merriden Varrall, Director of the East Asia Program at the Lowy Institute for International Policy, joins James Laurenceson, Deputy Director of the Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI) at the University of Technology Sydney, to discuss China’s aid program in the Pacific and its evolving approach towards foreign aid.

21. China's aid in the Pacific - with Merriden Varrall

The Lowy Institute's East Asia Program Director Merriden Varrall speaks to Mark 'Dashan (大山)' Rowswell, an extremely prominent Canadian Chinese-language comedian and performer, about Dashan's perspective on what constitutes 'friendship' in China, how Chinese choose to self-identify and the notion of 'identity bubbles', and the consequences of all this for China's international relationships.Dashan will in Australia performing in Mandarin at the Melbourne Comedy Festival from 13 April to 16 April, and at the Sydney Comedy Festival on 28 April.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Lowy Institute's East Asia Program Director Merriden Varrall speaks to Mark 'Dashan (大山)' Rowswell, an extremely prominent Canadian Chinese-language comedian and performer, about Dashan's perspective on what constitutes 'friendship' in China, how Chinese choose to self-identify and the notion of 'identity bubbles', and the consequences of all this for China's international relationships. Dashan will in Australia performing in Mandarin at the Melbourne Comedy Festival from 13 April to 16 April, and at the Sydney Comedy Festival on 28 April.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

In conversation: Mark 'Dashan' Rowswell and Merriden Varrall on China and the world

Spreker: M.L. Varrall. Promotor: prof.dr. P. Nyiri. Faculteit: Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen. Datum, tijd: 18-11-2013

Merriden Varrall. Chinese diplomatie en haar maatschappelijk denkbeeld