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Since Xi Jinping took charge as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012 there has been much talk of a crackdown on press and other political and civil freedoms in China. But is it perhaps a case of “plus ça change , plus c’est la même chose”? Professor Anne-Marie Brady will discuss the trends in contemporary propaganda and thought work under the Jiang and Hu eras and then examine to what extent Xi’s initiatives are a continuance of previous policies and where they might reflect a new direction.
About the Speaker
Professor Anne-Marie Brady, BA, MA Auckland, PhD ANU is a specialist in Chinese and polar politics based at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. She is a fluent Mandarin speaker, who specialises in Chinese and polar politics. She is editor-in-chief of The Polar Journal, and has written nine books and over forty scholarly articles on topics ranging from China’s modern propaganda system, foreigner-management in China and competing foreign policy interests in Antarctica. Her latest monograph examines China’s polar policies.