Professor Nicholas Jose reflects on Eric Rolls' research of China's centuries-old relationship with Australia and his own experiences as a researcher, writer and former cultural attache in Beijing.

Linda Jaivin discusses the perils and seductions of writing about China as a foreign journalist, memoirist, travel writer, librettist, essayist and novelist.

Dr Stephen Whiteman, lecturer in Asian Art at the University of Sydney, discusses the significance of printing and publishing in the articulation of Qing imperial authority.

Emeritus Professor John Warhurst AO delivers the annual Canberra Day Oration, this year titled 'A Pleasant Drive from Sydney: The Mystery and Magic of Canberra.'

Chinese-Australian multimedia artist Tianli Zu and Chinese art scholar Edmund Capon AM OBE discuss their appreciation of Chinese culture.

Dr Natalie Köhle, postdoctoral fellow at the Australian National University, discusses Chinese medicine, focusing on shifts in the tradition that culminated in the Qing dynasty.

Celebrated poet, author, translator, academic and critic Ouyang Yu discusses the challenges of operating in 2 languages with Canberra poet Melinda Smith.

Josette Sheeran, the seventh president and CEO of Asia Society Australia, discusses how China's ascendence is transforming the global order.

Anthropologist Jinghong Zhang presents a vivid account of the transformation of a cottage handicraft into a major industry - with predictable risks and unexpected consequences.

Chinese historians Barbara Nichol and Julie Stacker explore the establishment and nature of very early Chinese restauarant businesses, together with their food offerings, and the role they played in the history of Chinese migration to Australia.