Dr Minglu Chen
PhD, International Studies, Institute for International Studies, University of Technology, Sydney
MA, Linguistics Nankai University, China
BA, English Language and Literature, Shanxi University, China
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Minglu Chen is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney.
She has recently finished the book Tiger Girls: Women and Enterprise in the People's Republic of China (Routledge, 2011). She received her Ph.D. in International Studies from the University of Technology, Sydney in 2007 and was a lecturer in Chinese Studies in the Department of International Studies, University of Guadalajara, Mexico in 2008-2009. She currently works on the Australian Research Council discovery project 'The new rich and the state in China: the social basis of power' with Prof. David Goodman and Dr. Beatriz Carrillo and the ASSA International Science Linkages Bilateral Program project 'Local governance and the reproduction of state power-urban China in economic transition' with Prof. Carolyn Cartier and Dr. Shiuh-Shen Chien.
Research Interests
- Institutions of China's local politics
- Private entrepreneurship in China
- Governance in China
- Class and social stratum in China
- China-Latin America relations.
Current Research Projects
2010-present
Cartier, Chien, Chen. "Local Governance and the Reproduction of State Power-Urban China in Economic Transition," ASSA International Science Linkages Bilateral Program.
2009-present
Goodman, Carrillo, Chen. "The New Rich and the State in China: The social basis of local power," ARC Discovery Grant DP0984495.
Publications
2012
Article/s
Chen, Minglu. "Being elite: a Chinese family 1931-2010," Journal of Contemporary China, September 2012.
Chen, Minglu. "Zhongguo siying qiyejia yu zhengdang guojia de guanxi" [Relationship between Chinese private entrepreneurs and the Party-state] (in Chinese), Zhongguo Yanjiu [China Studies] (forthcoming).
Chen, Minglu and David S G Goodman, "The China model: one country, six authors," Journal of Contemporary China, January 2012. Also being published as "El modelo chino: un pais, seis autores", Mexico y La Cuenca del Pacifico [Mexico and the Pacific Rim] (forthcoming).
2011
Books
Chen, Minglu, Tiger Girls: Women and Enterprise in the People’s Republic of China, London: Routledge, 2011.
Article/s
Carrillo, Beatriz, Minglu Chen and David S G Goodman. "Beyond asymmetry: cooperation, conflict and globalization in Mexico-China relations," The Pacific Review, September 2011.
2010
Book Chapters
Chen, Minglu. "Women, enterprises and the state", in John Garrick (ed), Wealth, Power and Law Reform in the People’s Republic: China’s Quiet Revolution?, London: Routledge, 2010.
Book Reviews
Chen, Jie and Bruce J Dickson. Allies of the State: China’s Private Entrepreneurs and Democratic Change. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2010. In Asian Studies Review.
Kloet, Jeroen De. China with a Cut: Globalisation, Urban Youth and Popular Music. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2010. In Asian Studies Review.
Siu, Helen F. (ed). Merchant’s Daughters: Women, Commerce and Regional Culture in South China. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2010. In The China Journal.
2009
Article/s
Chen, Minglu. "The Spatial mobility of Hainan Province women entrepreneurs in the context of China’s economic fluctuation: the case of Qiongshan," Mexico y La Cuenca del Pacifico, Vol. 12 (no. 35), 2009.
2008
Book Chapters
Chen, Minglu, ‘Women Entrepreneurs: Personal Wealth, Local Politics and Tradition’, in David S. G. Goodman (ed), The New Rich in China: Future Rulers, Present Lives, London: Routledge, 2008.
Articles
Chen, Minglu. "The PRC government’s policies towards the private economy and private entrepreneurs: a historical review 1949-2007," Mexico y La Cuenca del Pacifico, Vol. 11 (no. 33), 2008.
2006
Article/s
Chen, Minglu. "The way to entrepreneurship: female entrepreneurs' education and work experience in Jiaocheng County, Shanxi Province, the People's Republic of China," PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies: Women in Asia Special Issue, Sydney: UTSePress, vol. 3 (no. 2), 2006.
Conference Papers
Chen, Minglu. "Who is the boss: the husband or the wife? An analysis of women entrepreneurs' roles in private enterprise, Jiaocheng County, People's Republic of China," in Adrian Vickers and Margaret Hanlon (eds), Asia Reconstructed: Proceedings of the 16th Biennial Conference of the ASAA, 2006, Wollongong, Australia, Canberra: Asian Studies Association of Australia, Inc. & Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS), The Australian National University, 2006, pp. 1-20.
2001
Translations
Chen, Minglu and Lin Li (translators). Isaac Newton and the Science Revolution, Tianjin: Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House, 2001.
Ding, Jinfeng, Libing Sun and Minglu Chen (translators). Gower Handbook of Customer Service, Shenyang: Shenyang Publishing House, 2001.
Commentary
"Growing Recognition," ABC National, Newsline, 1 September 2011.
"面对面专访陈明璐博士：探讨 '虎妞'," SBS, Face to Face, 24 August 2011.
"Changing China," ABC National, Late Night Live, 24 August 2011.
"Women Entrepreneurs," China Radio International, Today, 29 October 2010.
Conferences and Seminars
| 28 September 2011 | Invited Speaker Nanjing University, China Lecture title: ‘Tiger Girls: Women and Enterprises in the People’s Republic of China’ |
| 16-18 September 2011 | Global Capitalism and Transnational Class Formation Centre of Global Studies, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Paper presented: ‘Inside the “flower vase”: the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference as an Agency of Governance for the New Rich’ |
| 11 May 2011 | China and Latin America University of Leeds Paper presented: ‘Negligence or Arrogance?: Mexico from the China perspective’ |
| 30 March 2011 | Invited speaker School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield Paper presented: ‘Personal Wealth and Traditional Roles: Women Entrepreneurs in China’ |
| 31 January-2 February 2011 | Class and Class Consciousness in China China Studies Centre, University of Sydney Papers presented: ‘Being Elite: A Chinese Family 1931-2010’ ‘New Economic Elites: The Social Basis of Local Power’ (with Beatriz Carrillo and David Goodman) |
| 22-24 November 2010 | Consejo de Estudios Latinoamericanos de Asia y Oceania [Council of Latin American Studies in Asia and Oceania] (CELAO 2010) University of Guadalajara, Mexico Paper presented: ‘The China Model—One Country Six Authors’ (with David Goodman) |
| 1-3 November 2010 | Regional China: The New Chinese Empire University of Technology, Sydney, meeting in Macau, China Discussant |
| 8-9 July 2010 | China 2020 China Institute, University of Alberta, Canada Paper presented: Private Entrepreneurs in the Party-state: An Insight into Women Entrepreneurs in China |
22 April 2010 |
| 21-22 January 2010 | Asia-Pacific FDI in Mexico and Competing Regions: the Impact of the Current Global Economic Crisis University of Leeds, University of Sydney, University of Alberta and University of Guadalajara Paper presented: Beyond Asymmetry: Cooperation, conflict and globalization in Mexico-China relations (with Beatriz Carrillo and David Goodman) |
| 9-11 July 2009 | The Chinese Studies Association of Australia 2009 Conference Paper presented: The PRC Government’s Policies towards the Private Economy and Private Entrepreneurs: A Historical Review 1949-2007 |
| 10 September 2007 | Invited speaker Nordic Institute of Asia Studies, Denmark Lecture title: Entrepreneurial Women: Personal Wealth, Local Politics and Tradition |
| June 2007 | The 10th Biennial Conference of the Chinese Studies Association of Australia Paper presented: Women Entrepreneurs: Personal Wealth, Local Politics and Tradition |
| April 2007 | International Conference on State Capacity in China (discussant) City University of Hong Kong and University of Bristol |
| 25-26 January 2007 | Invited speaker A Workshop from Local China: Learning and Understanding the Chinese Campus Mexico City, TEC de Monterrey, Mexico Lecture title: Women Entrepreneurs and Local Development |
| June 2006 | The 16th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Paper presented: Who is the Boss: the Husband or the Wife? An Analysis of Women Entrepreneurs’ Roles in Private Enterprise, Jiaocheng County, People’s Republic of China |
| Sept 2005 | The 8th Women in Asia Conference Women’s Caucus of the Asian Studies Association of Australian & University of Technology, SydneyPaper presented: The Way to Entrepreneurship: Education and Work Experience of Women Entrepreneurs, Jiaocheng County, Shanxi Province |
| April 2005 | International Symposium on Incorporating Women in Small Town Development in China Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Zhejiang University, China Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Notthingham, UK Journal of Chinese Rural Economy, China Paper presented: The Way to Entrepreneurship: Education and Work Experience of Women Entrepreneurs, Jiaocheng County, Shanxi Province |
| June To July 2004 | The 15th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Paper presented: Family Matters a Lot: An Analysis of Women Entrepreneurs’ Family Ties in Jiaocheng, China |
Grants
| 2011 | Cartier, Chien, Chen, Local Governance and the Reproduction of State Power-Urban China in Economic Transition, ASSA International Science Linkages Bilateral Program |
| 2009 to 2012 | Goodman, Carrillo, Chen, The New Rich and the State in China: The social basis of local power, ARC (Discovery). |