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In the turbulent years of China鈥檚 War of Resistance against Japan (1931鈥�1945), a unique and complex narrative unfolded far from the battlefields 鈥� in Australia. Patriots and Propaganda: Chinese Australians and the politics of loyalty, 1930s鈥�1940s delves into the intricate web of Chinese wartime propaganda efforts, revealing how the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) and Chinese Australian communities mobilised support for China鈥檚 struggle against Japanese aggression.

Patriots and Propaganda uncovers the multifaceted relationships between China, Australia, and the Chinese Australian diaspora, highlighting the political, racial and class dynamics that shaped these interactions.

Bolin Hu explores the pivotal role of Chinese-language newspapers and schools in preserving Chinese heritage and loyalty; the intense political rivalries within the Chinese Australian community; and the profound impact of memorial services and fundraising campaigns on fostering Chinese patriotism and community cohesion. Hu also brings to light the diverse contributions of various Chinese Australian groups 鈥� including leftists, women, and Australian-born Chinese 鈥� to China鈥檚 war effort, and the fierce propaganda battles between Chinese and Japanese authorities on Australian soil.

Patriots and Propaganda offers a nuanced exploration of the socio-political dynamics within the Chinese Australian community, while challenging the traditional narrative of distant allies, presenting new evidence and perspectives on the Sino-Australian relationship during a critical period in history.

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Benefiting from recently catalogued archival materials, The Flip Side: Old China Hands and the American Popular Imagination, 1935鈥�1985 evaluates the influence of an ensemble of well-known Americans born or bred in China 鈥� Pearl S. Buck, Henry R. Luce, Owen Lattimore and John Hersey 鈥� after their return to the United States of America.

The children of missionaries and others serving China, all contributed in significant ways to the globalisation of the American ideal in the 20th century, even as each sought in different roles 鈥� as publishers, as novelists, as scholars 鈥� to centre Chinese values and concerns in the anglophone public sphere. As Chinese ideas and values met the projection of American soft power and governmentality, a uniquely bilateral, global imaginary arose, wherein respect for China as an emerging force encountered Western reaction. For these 鈥渙ld China hands鈥�, the return to the USA resulted in unique and differing sociocultural formations: Buck鈥檚 intersectional literary populism on behalf of 鈥渢he Chinese people鈥�; Henry R. Luce鈥檚 press internationalism; Lattimore鈥檚 鈥渋nner Asian鈥� regional imaginaries; and Hersey鈥檚 China trilogy allegories. All were keen observers of and participants in international networks combining a diversity of China-based expertise and resources that continued to inform their everyday work at a great distance. Both public and private, these networks, onshore and off, enabled and energised their own advocacy that dared to imagine a Chinese future distinct from its colonial or semi-feudal past.

The Flip Side asserts that these American stakeholders occupied a transitional but crucial role in the rise of China in Western imagination, prior to China鈥檚 assertion of sovereignty over its own global role and message.

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Made in Chinatown delves into a little-known aspect of Australia鈥檚 past: its hundreds of Chinese furniture factories. These businesses thrived in the post-goldrush era, becoming an important economic activity for Chinese immigrants and their descendants and a vital part of Australia鈥檚 furniture industry. Yet, owing to an exclusionary vision for Australia as a bastion of 鈥榳hite鈥� industry and labour, these factories were targeted by anti-Chinese political campaigns and legislative restrictions. Guided by Chinese manufacturers鈥� and workers鈥� own reflections and records, this book examines how these factories operated under the exclusionary vision of White Australia.

Historian Peter Gibson uses previously untapped archival sources to investigate the local and international factors that boosted the industry, and the business and labour practices associated with factory operation. He explores the strategies employed in efforts to resist injustice, and the place of Chinese furniture factories within the contexts of Australian enterprise, work and consumerism more broadly. Made in Chinatown argues that Chinese Australian furniture manufacturers and their employees were far more adaptable, and the White Australia vision less pervasive, than most histories would suggest.

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Serialised in 1909鈥�10, The Poison of Polygamy is a rare gem of Australian literature.

The first novel of the Chinese Australian experience, it is a roller-coaster tale of blackmail, murder, betrayal and even thylacine attack, partly based on real people, places and events. Revealing the human face of migration between imperial China and colonial Australia, it recounts the story of a man from southern China who tries his luck on the Victorian goldfields, the wife he leaves behind, and their eventual fraught reunion.

In this bilingual parallel edition, Australia鈥檚 and possibly the West鈥檚 earliest Chinese-language novel is presented in English translation for the first time. Illuminating introductions explore the work鈥檚 historical, cultural and linguistic context, and establish its unique significance in Australia鈥檚 literary and social history.

鈥淎 shiny little nugget has been disinterred from the tailings of our literary past 鈥� The Poison of Polygamy is an exciting addition to our literary history that deserves to be widely discussed and analysed in both China and Australia.鈥� David Walker, Emeritus Professor, Deakin University and author of Anxious Nation

鈥淭he discovery of The Poison of Polygamy and its publication in this highly informative bilingual edition is a double happiness. It gives readers a highly entertaining new novel, replete with drama, emotion and intrigue. At the same time it documents Chinese Australian life in a key period of history.鈥� Nicholas Jose, author of Avenue of Eternal Peace

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South Flows the Pearl is a fascinating journey through the history of Chinese Australia. Taking the reader from Shanghai and the Pearl River Delta to Sydney, Perth, Cairns, Darwin, Bendigo and beyond, it explores the struggles and successes of Chinese people in Australia since the 1850s, as told in their own words.

This unique book was written by an insider. Mavis Yen was born in Perth in 1916, the daughter of a Chinese father and an Australian mother. She lived in both countries and understood what it meant to navigate two worlds, to live through war and revolution, and to experience racial discrimination. In the 1980s she began interviewing elderly Chinese Australians, recording hours of conversations. Her intimate understanding of their languages and life experiences encouraged them to share their stories. Published here for the first time, they will change how you think about Australian history.

鈥淭his is a book that offers a new way to be Australian in this country, and casts Chinese Australians as the protagonists in their own stories鈥� When people agree to tell their stories, they speak to the future. Whether or not we listen is up to us.鈥� 鈥� Dr Sophie Loy-Wilson, University of Sydney

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In the 18th and 19th centuries, relations between China and the West were defined by the Qing dynasty鈥檚 strict restrictions on foreign access and by the West鈥檚 imperial ambitions. Cultural, political and economic interactions were often fraught, with suspicion and misunderstanding on both sides. Yet trade flourished and there were instances of cultural exchange and friendship, running counter to the official narrative.

Tribute and Trade: China and Global Modernity explores encounters between China and the West during this period and beyond, into the early 20th century, through examples drawn from art, literature, science, politics, music, cooking, clothing and more. How did China and the West see each other, how did they influence each other, and what were the lasting legacies of this contact?

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Has a united or singular 鈥淐hinese Australian community鈥� ever actually existed? If so, is a united community a means to an end or an end in itself? And where might this community sit in contemporary multicultural Australia?

In the Face of Diversity offers answers to these questions with the history of more than a dozen Chinese Australian community organisations from across the country, drawing on the English- and Chinese-language materials produced by these organisations, as well as interviews with past and present leaders. Instead of a single community, the evidence demonstrates the existence of many diverse Chinese Australian communities.

Familiar and fascinating moments of recent Australian history are treated with new and evocative perspectives in relation to Chinese Australian communities, from the official turn away from the White Australia policy and embrace of multiculturalism in the 1970s to the debate about China鈥檚 influence upon Australian politics and society, beginning in the 2010s and continuing into the present.

In the Face of Diversity advances that 鈥渦nity鈥� has only ever been momentarily or partially grasped by Chinese Australian community organisations but that it has nonetheless produced real-world outcomes, the most prominent being a highly participatory style of Australian multiculturalism. Gardner Molina dismantles the myth of a single Chinese Australian community and rebuilds a solid understanding of many diverse communities instead; each with their own aims, needs and participatory capacities.