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Encountering China

New Zealanders and the People’s Republic

BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY AND DUNCAN CAMPBELL

Inside our relationship with a superpower

December 2022 is the fiftieth anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China and New Zealand. This collection of 50 texts, written by diplomats and poets, politicians and academics, students and businesspeople, reflects on personal experiences of China over the last half century.

It offers a unique insight into the changing face of what is now one of the world’s great powers, and our relationship with it.

Contributors include Hone Tūwhare, Nina Mingya Powles, John McKinnon, James Ng, Alison Wong, Murray Edmond, Meng Foon and Pauline Keating.

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‘Individually these memoirs are absorbing and enjoyable. Collectively the book gives a picture of the breadth and depth of the relationship that is often overlooked . . . This book will now be an important part of the primary record for New Zealand.’ — Capital Magazine

Key Information

Category:
All books, Asia and Pacific studies, eBooks, Politics
ISBN:
9781991016157
ESBN:
9781991016218
Publisher:
Massey University Press
Imprint:
Massey University Press
Published:
01/12/2022
Page Extent:
392
Format:
Soft Cover

About The Editors

Brian Moloughney

Brian Moloughney taught Chinese history at the University of Otago from 1993 to 2022.

Duncan Campbell

Duncan Campbell is a Wellingtonian who spent some years in Malaysia studying Mandarin, after graduating with a degree in English and history from Victoria University of Wellington.

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