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The potential risks of standardising China’s translated foreign affairs discourse

  • Assistant Professor Bei Hu,

Translation standardisation is seen as a way of managing the risk of mis-translation, but it doesn’t necessarily produce the best translations

WEBINAR: Hong Kong’s National Security Law: one year on

This webinar looks at the impact of the National Security Law on peaceful political speech in Hong Kong.

Taiwan’s View of the Trump Administration

  • Melissa Conley Tyler,

Trump will be remembered positively in Taiwan as someone who forced a rethink on the terms of the relationship.

Public sentiment in China cools towards Australia

  • Assistant Professor Dan (Diane) Hu,

Two consecutive years of polling indicates that Chinese attitudes towards Australia have become less favourable.

The complexities of translating legal terms: Understanding Fa (法) and the Chinese concept of law

  • Lachlan Thomas-Walters,

Uncritically translating ‘fa’ directly to ‘law’ may may lead to social, cultural and legal misunderstanding.

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