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“Australia’s trade relations with China“, the Australian Industry Group, 2 December 2020.

“The China Challenge: Can a New Cold War be Avoided?“, Kevin Rudd and Linda Jakobson in conversation, La Trobe University, 27 August 2020.

“Australia-China relations during a time of rising tensions between Washington and Beijing“, Webinar with Michael Clifton, Dennis Richardson, Peter Varghese, and Linda Jakobson, China Matters, 3 July 2020.

Asan Plenum 2019, the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, 24 April 2019.

Panel Discussion: China, Asia, and Australia in the South China Sea, Lowy Institute, 20 August 2018.

“A Foreign Affair – focus on China“, Saturday Extra by ABC, 30 June 2018.

“Linda Jakobson from China Matters on Australia’s relationship with China“, City Road Podcast, March 2018.

“Kevin Rudd on China’s Rise and a New World Order“, Kevin Rudd and Linda Jakobson in conversation, La Trobe University, 26 October 2017.

“Voices on China – Linda Jakobson: Founding Director and CEO of China Matters“, Young China Watchers, 22 July 2017.

“How to Respond to China’s Rise?“, Linda Jakobson, Hugh White and John Fitzgerald in conversation, La Trobe Ideas and Society, November 2016.

“In Conversation: Linda Jakobson and Hahm Chaibong on China-South Korea Relations“, Lowy Institute, 24 September 2013.

China Changing Lecture 2013, Lowy Institute, 15 August 2013.

“In Conversation: Bonnie Glaser and Linda Jakobson – The US and the East China Sea Dispute“, Lowy Institute, 14 June 2013.

“In Conversation: Sam Roggeveen and Linda Jakobson – New Chinese Leadership“, Lowy Institute, 16 November 2012.

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I have spent the last 38 years studying China, in particular the domestic politics and foreign policy of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

During my international career as a policy-relevant China analyst I have had fascinating jobs and been invited to brief government ministers on China-related issues in seven countries.

I worked as the Beijing-based Programme Director for China and Global Security at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) 2009-2011; as the East Asia Programme Director at the Lowy Institute for International Policy 2011-2013; as Visiting Professor at the US Studies Centre at Sydney University (2014-2015); and as Founding Director and CEO of China Matters (2015-2021).

China Matters was founded in 2014 to advance sound China policy and inject realism into the public discourse about the rise of the People’s Republic of China and its implications for Australia.

I currently work part-time as Senior Advisor for the China Office of Finnish Industries, while retaining my role as Deputy Chair of China Matters.

My articles about the PRC’s foreign and security policy are internationally recognised and used by academics in several countries as reading in university course work about the PRC. Many of these articles focus on foreign policy decision-making in the PRC, the PRC’s interest in the Arctic and the unresolved political future of Taiwan. I am also the author of two award-winning books and one acclaimed report about the PRC.

I lived and worked in China for 22 years before moving to Sydney in 2011.
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