James Reilly is a Lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. His research and teaching are in the areas of Chinese foreign policy, East Asian politics, and international relations. He is currently preparing a book on The Rise of Public Opinion in Chinese Foreign Policy. He is the author of articles in Survival, Washington Quarterly, Asian Survey, and China: An International Journal. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science (George Washington University 2008) and an M.A. in East Asia Area Studies (University of Washington 1999). Before joining the University of Sydney in 2009, he was a Post-Doctoral Research Associate with the China’s War with Japan Programme at the University of Oxford. In the Department, he teaches undergraduate and post-graduate units on East Asian Politics and Chinese politics.

Journal Article/s

“The Rebirth of Minjian Waijiao: China’s Popular Diplomacy toward Japan,” Japan Policy Research Institute Working Paper, No. 115 (March 2009).

“The Tenuous Hold of China, Inc. In Africa,” The Washington Quarterly 30:3 (Summer 2007) (with Bates Gill).

“China’s History Activism and Sino-Japanese Relations,” China: An International Journal 4:2 (Fall 2006).

“China’s History Activists and the War of Resistance against Japan: History in the Making,” Asian Survey 19:2 (March/April 2004).

“Sovereignty, Intervention, and Peacekeeping: The View from Beijing,” Survival (Autumn 2000) (with Bates Gill).

“Contrasting Visions: United States, China, and World Order,” East Asian Institute Report, Columbia University (May 2000) (with Bates Gill).

Book Chapter/s

“Online Chinese Nationalism towards Japan,” in Online Chinese Nationalism and China’s Bilateral Relations, eds. Shaun Breslin and Simon Shen (under review).

“The Role of Public Opinion in China’s Japan Policy: 2003-2005,” in Harmonious World and China’s New Foreign Policy, ed. Suijian Guo (Latham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008).

“China’s Corporate Engagement in Africa,” in Africa in China’s Global Strategy, ed. Marcel Kittssou (London: Adonis and Abbey, 2007) (with Wu Na).

Invited Talk/s

China’s Principal-Agent Dilemma in Africa: Looking to the Future School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, February 24, 2009.

The Role of Public Opinion in China’s Japan Policy St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, November 25, 2008.

China’s Foreign Policy and Public Opinion (presented in Chinese) Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, February 6, 2008.

Conference Presentation/s

The Malleability of Memory: Celebrating the Veterans of China’s War of Resistance to Japan St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, May 17, 2009

Engaging Japan: Chinese Foreign Policy, Threat Perceptions and Public Opinion Fudan University, Shanghai, China, December 12, 2008

The Curious Absence of a Security Dilemma in China-Japan Relations Japan Politics Colloquium, University of Leeds, September 10, 2008.

Chinese Online Nationalism toward Japan Chinese University of Hong Kong, July 14-15, 2008.

Chinese Views on the Wartime Past Institute of Historical Injustice and Reconciliation, Salzburg, Austria, June 10, 2007.

The Role of Public Opinion in China’s Japan Policy: 2003-2005, presented at the Association of Chinese Political Science Annual Meeting, San Francisco, July 14, 2007.

China’s History Movement: Making History, Shaping the Future Chinese University of Hong Kong, January 8, 2006.

Memory and Reconciliation in East Asia: Chinese Perspectives George Washington University, June 11, 2005 (co-authored with Daqing Yang)

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