What happens when a journalist, an analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and a sinologist and writer discuss the People's Republic of China? An intriguing and enlightening perspective on a country that is viewed with wariness, suspicion and misconception. Louisa Lim (Indelible City), Alex Joske (Spies and Lies) and Linda Jaivin (The Shortest History of China) discuss the rise of this global superpower as it exerts its influence around the world. Note that Alex Joske will be appearing via livestream from overseas.

Note: This special event is 75 minutes in duration, rather than the regular session length of 60 minutes.

Louisa Lim is an award-winning journalist, whose book Indelible City; Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong has been named one of the best history books of 2022 by Amazon. Her earlier book The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited (2014) was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for political writing.

Linda Jaivin has been studying Chinese politics, language and culture for more than 40 years. She has been a foreign correspondent in China, and is co-editor of the China Story Yearbook, an associate of the Australian Centre on China in the World at the Australian National University and is the author of twelve books.

Alex Joske (appearing via livestream) was the youngest-ever analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and is known for breaking open new fields of research through meticulous Chinese-language investigations grounded in authoritative and independently verifiable sources.

Single tickets are available below. You can also attend this event by purchasing a Festival multipack ticket or Festival Savers Saturday Lunch Pack.