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David Brophy

David Brophy is a senior lecturer in modern Chinese history at the University of Sydney and an author

November 2022

  • Xi Jinping arrives at the Indonesia G20 summit 2022

    If Australia wants to mend relations with China, we must stop viewing it as the enemy

    David Brophy
    What is the point of calling for ‘stable’ relations with a country while we openly arm ourselves for war against it?

July 2021

  • University of Sydney, NSW, Australia. Education

    China is far from alone in taking advantage of Australian universities’ self-inflicted wounds

    David Brophy
    Having long encouraged universities to find funding elsewhere, politicians now home in on their ties to China to argue that they’ve lost their way

April 2021

  • A protester from the Uyghur community living in Turkey, holds an anti-China placard during a protest in Istanbul, on 25 March.

    Sanctions only escalate tensions. It's time to tackle the Uyghurs' plight differently

    David Brophy
    We have to make a credible case that western opposition to China’s policies is not geopolitical manoeuvring, says Australian academic David Brophy
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